Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 4
By Nigar Guliyeva – Trend:
A draft law on external labor migration has been developed in Uzbekistan. The document was posted on the portal on evaluation system of legislative acts in Uzbekistan.
The law will apply to citizens of Uzbekistan working abroad, as well as individuals and legal entities of all forms of ownership participating in the processes of external labor migration.
Under the document, the Agency for External Labor Migration under the Ministry of Labor, structural units of the Agency, as well as recruiting organizations will be engaged in the employment of citizens of Uzbekistan abroad.
These structures will carry out an organized recruitment of citizens who have expressed a desire to work abroad, at the request of foreign economic entities.
The basis for sending citizens to work abroad will be employment contracts concluded by the sending organization with a foreign employer and a citizen of Uzbekistan intending to leave for work.
The document also features the basic duties of the migrant.
The Agency will also have a foundation to provide legal, social and material support to migrant workers. Its main tasks will be to assist in the employment of citizens of Uzbekistan abroad and on their return.