Working Hours in Uzbekistan: Standard Hours, Part-Time and Reduced Working Time

Standard hours: 40 a week

Standard working time may not exceed forty hours a week — for both five-day and six-day weeks (Article 182). With standard hours, a daily shift may not exceed eight hours in a five-day week and seven hours in a six-day week (Article 185).

On the eve of public holidays, the shift is shortened by at least one hour for all employees. Where this is impossible (continuous production), the extra time is compensated by additional rest or, with the employee's consent, paid at overtime rates (Article 187).

Who is entitled to reduced hours

Reduced working time is set without a reduction in pay (Article 183): wages are paid in full as for standard hours (Article 258). It is mandatory for:

• employees aged 16 to 18 — no more than 36 hours a week, aged 15 to 16 — no more than 24 hours (Article 415);
• employees with Group I and II disabilities — no more than 36 hours a week, with the shift set on the recommendation of the medical and social expert commission but not exceeding 6 hours in a six-day week and 7 hours 30 minutes in a five-day week (Article 427);
• employees in harmful and hazardous conditions — no more than 36 hours a week; the list of jobs is set by the collective agreement or by the employer with the trade union committee based on workplace certification (Article 477);
• medical workers, teachers and others whose work involves high emotional, mental and nervous strain — no more than 36 hours a week, with the list set by the Cabinet of Ministers (Article 184);
• one parent of a child under three working in a budget-funded organisation (Article 397).

Part-time work

A part-time day or week is agreed between the parties — at hiring or later, indefinitely or for an agreed period (Article 186). Pay is proportional to time worked or based on output. Part-time work does not restrict annual leave, length of service or other employment rights.

At the employee's request, the employer must grant part-time work to a pregnant woman, one parent of a child under fourteen (a child with a disability under sixteen) and a person caring for a sick family member under a medical certificate (Article 398 as amended by Law No. ZRU-1150, in force from 12 September 2026), as well as to an employee with a disability on the expert commission's recommendation. In these cases the work schedule takes the employee's wishes into account.

Night work and overtime

• night time is 22:00 to 6:00; if at least half of a shift falls at night, it is shortened by one hour without making up the time (Article 188);
• overtime is work beyond the established hours; apart from accidents, disasters and a replacement worker failing to appear, it requires the employee's written consent (Article 189);
• the limit is four hours over two consecutive days, or two hours a day in adverse working conditions (Article 190 as amended by Law No. ZRU-1095);
• overtime is not allowed with a twelve-hour shift or in especially harmful and especially hazardous conditions;
• the employer must keep accurate records of overtime hours.

Recording working time

The employer must record when employees arrive and leave — in timesheets of the established form and other documents, including with software and hardware tools (Article 200). Overtime, business trips and internal secondary jobs are recorded separately; non-worked time is split into paid, unpaid and time lost through the employee's fault or otherwise. Commuting and changing clothes are not working time.

Records may be daily, weekly or summarised (Article 198). Summarised recording is introduced when production conditions make it impossible to keep to the daily or weekly norm: the reference period is up to twelve months, the shift up to twelve hours, and hours for the period must not exceed the norm. The procedure is set by the collective agreement or, if there is none, by the employer in agreement with the trade union committee (Article 199).