Uzbekistan

• New Year's Day
• Day of Defenders of the Native Land
• International Women's Day
• Navruz
• Eid al-Fitr
• Remembrance Day
• Eid al-Adha
• Independence Day
• Teachers Day
• Constitution Day

Working Hours

Employees can work up to 40 hours per week, usually distributed over five days.

Minimum Wage

UZS 1,155,000 per month.

Employee Tax

Tax rate	12%
Tax on dividends and interest	5%
Social security contribution	4%
Unemployment insurance	0.5%
Housing loan regime	1%
Employee training contribution (INCES)	0.5%

Bonuses

There are no statutory bonus schemes in Uzbekistan.

Employment contracts in Uzbekistan can be written or oral, but it is good practice to create a contract written in Uzbek.

Uzbek nationals must provide their employer with a workbook containing their personal details and a record of their past and current work history.

Fixed-term contracts are permitted in certain circumstances.

Annual Leave

Minimum of 15 days' paid holiday per year. 12 days must be taken in one continuous break.

Sick Leave

There is no statutory sick leave entitlement in Uzbekistan.

Parental Leave

• Maternity leave: at least 126 days' fully paid leave.
• Paternity leave: none.
• Parental leave: after maternity leave, parental leave may be taken by the child's main caregiver until the child turns two. This is paid at 20% of their salary.

Termination Process

Termination of employment by the employer is strictly regulated in Uzbekistan. Trade unions often play a role in large enterprises.

Grounds for termination include:

• Mutual consent
• Contract expiry
• Force majeure
• Agreement under the contract terms

Both employees and employers can also terminate the contract under certain specific circumstances.

Severance Pay

Employees are entitled to receive one month’s average monthly wage on the termination date. They will receive the same payment in the second and third month following termination if they haven’t yet started another job, and are registered as a jobseeker.

Under a Mauve Group Employer of Record solution, clients and workers can reap the benefits of Mauve’s Global Master Insurance Programme – a market-leading unified corporate insurance programme that connects all Mauve entities to its two preferred providers.

The insurance provides coverage in overseas locations through a combination of the master policy and its linked local policies, where required by law in certain jurisdictions.  The policies include:

• Employer’s Liability and Public Liability - £10,000,000 combined limit.
• Professional Indemnity - £5,000,000 limit.
• Worker’s Compensation – Limit is dependent on location of work.

For specific information about statutory and recommended insurances in your chosen country, get in touch with Mauve.