Article 14 - Parties and types of subjects of labor relations

1. The parties to labor relations are the employee and the employer. 2. An employee may be a person who has reached the age of 16. In exceptional cases, by agreement with the representative body of employees of the organization or the authorized state body in the sphere of labor, a person who has reached the age of 15 may be hired. 3. Students who have reached the age of 14 may enter into an employment contract with the written consent of one of the parents (guardian, trustee) or the guardianship and trusteeship authority to perform light work in their free time that does not cause harm to health and does not disrupt the learning process. 4. The consent of the parents (guardian, trustee) is drawn up in writing, and the parents (guardian, trustee) along with the minor sign the employment contract. 5. The rights and obligations of the employer in labor relations are exercised by: an individual who is an employer; the governing bodies of a legal entity (organization) or persons authorized by them in the manner prescribed by laws, other regulatory legal acts, constituent documents of a legal entity (organization) and local regulatory acts. For the obligations of institutions financed in whole or in part by the owner (founder), arising from labor relations, the owner (founder) shall bear additional liability in the manner prescribed by law. 6. The subjects of individual labor relations are: 1) the employee; 2) the employer. 7. The subjects of collective labor relations are: 1) the representative body of employees (trade union, joint representative body, employee council, etc.); 2) an association of employers; 3) other subjects in cases stipulated by other laws containing labor law norms.

Article 51 - Working Hours

1. Normal working hours may not exceed 40 hours per week, except for cases provided for by this Code. 2. Employment contracts may provide for shorter working hours by agreement of the parties. 3. Reduced working hours are established for certain categories of employees: 1) for employees aged 14 to 16 years - no more than 24 hours per week, from 16 to 18 years - no more than 36 hours per week; 2) for employees engaged in heavy physical work, work with harmful or hazardous working conditions - no more than 36 hours per week; 3) for employees who are individuals with disabilities of groups I and II - no more than 36 hours per week. 4. The list of industries, workshops, professions and positions, as well as the list of jobs with harmful or difficult, hazardous working conditions, work in which gives the right to reduced working hours, is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. 5. Certain categories of workers (doctors, teachers and others), whose work is associated with increased mental, nervous, emotional stress, are established reduced working hours. 6. Categories of workers with a special nature of work, and the duration of their working hours are determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Article 139 - Works in which the employment of persons under 18 and women is prohibited

1. It is prohibited to employ persons under 18 in jobs with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions, in underground work, as well as in work the performance of which may cause harm to their health and moral development (gambling business, work in night cabarets and clubs, production, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, narcotic and toxic drugs). 2. It is prohibited for workers under 18 to carry and move weights that exceed the maximum standards established for them. 3. The list of jobs in which the employment of workers under 18 is prohibited, as well as the maximum standards for weights, are approved in the manner established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. 4. It is prohibited to employ pregnant and breastfeeding women in heavy work, work with harmful and (or) dangerous working conditions, in underground work (except for non-physical work or work on sanitary and household services), as well as in work related to the manual lifting and moving of heavy objects that exceed the maximum permissible standards for them. 5. The list of industries, jobs, professions and positions with harmful and (or) dangerous working conditions in which it is prohibited to employ pregnant and breastfeeding women, and the maximum permissible standards of loads for women and workers under 18 years of age when lifting and moving heavy objects manually are approved in the manner determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.