Normative - legal framework of activity

1. Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan № UP-2810 dated February 13, 2001 and the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers "On organization of activities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan" № 75 dated 13/02/2001

2. The Regulations of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan have been approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers "On approval of the Regulations of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan" № 162 dated 06/04/2001

3. Organizational structure of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers "On organization of activities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan" № 75 dated 13/02/2001

Main functions and rights

Ministry of Labor and Social Security of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Hereinafter - Ministry) is a central government administration body in the area of employment, labor, social protection and social maintenance of population and in its activities reports to the Cabinet of Ministers.

Main tasks of the ministry are as follows: 

• Forming and realization of a single social policy, dedicated for maintaining stable and progressive improvement of material welfare of the people, strengthening social protection of population in conditions of further liberization of the economy;
• Working out and control over accomplishment of demographic development forecasts, carrying out effective policies for forming the labor market and maintaining full employment, especially among young generation, working out target programs for creating new labor vacancies and staff training on the basis of labor resources balances;
• Drawing up measures for regulating labor relationships in accordance with the market conditions; improving conditions, systems for organization safety and norms of the work;
• Implementation of the activities for maintenance of functioning social security for pensioners, incapable people, families with many children and poor families, development and realization of effective techniques of targeted social protection of socially vulnerable part of the population;
• Organization and administration of social guarantees, supervision of activities of medic-social expertise and rehabilitation of disabled services, organization of the prosthesis orthopedic assistance to the population.

In accordance with assigned tasks the Ministry: 

• With the Ministry of Economy undertakes forecasts of demographic development of the republic and regions, works out estimated balances of labor resources with grounded combination of actions for maintaining effective employment of the population;
• Analyses migration processes, develops proposals for organizing external labor migration and labor activities for foreign citizens in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
• Organizes registration of unemployed citizens;
• Organization and administration of social guarantees, supervision of activities of medic-social expertise and rehabilitation of disabled services, organization of the prosthesis orthopedic assistance to the population.
• Organizes social surveys for discovering professional preferences and work orientation of youth and unemployed population;
• Together with the ministers and agencies concerned, local government bodies participates in programs development for creating new labor vacancies and coordinates their implementation;
• Develops proposals for the stimulation and assistance to self-employment of population;
• Maintains improvement of the infrastructure of labor market functioning;
• Maintains organization of paid public services for unemployed;
• Organizes professional training and education for unemployed;
• Participates in preparation of proposals for improvement of methods in social policies implementation, aimed to the strengthening efficiency and effectiveness of social assistance to pensioners, incapable, lonely aged;
• Participates in the development of the drafts legislative acts on realization of government social policy and social security system functioning;
• Organizes maintenance of social assistance to unemployed people and members of their families at the expenses of the Government fund for employment assistance;
• Organizes work for provision of fulfillment compulsory duties and develops suggestions for improvement of wages mechanism, single tariffs, regional regulation of salary;
• Gives conclusions on suggestions of ministers and agencies concerning changes in lists of productions, works and professions, positions and indicators for privileged pension funding, additional vacation, part-time working day;
• Prepares proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers on introduction of changes in current privileges and compensations lists for work in unfavorable conditions;
• Works together with the taxation agencies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on issues of guaranteeing fulfillment compulsory duties and payments under the social insurance to the non-budget Pension fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan, timely financing of social payments stipulated by legislation;
• Maintains financing of expenses for payment of pensions and grants for social insurance from the funds of the non-budget Pension fund in amount and order set by the legislation;
• Controls over target use of funds of the non-budget Pension fund;
• Carries out and organizes control-auditing work by social security departments in checking compliance with target and payment of pensions and grants for social insurance;  Carries out organization and methodological administration of the work on prescription and payment of pensions and grants.