Gov’t to limit the use of female labor in some industries (list)

Restrictions are associated with unfavorable working conditions associated with certain types of work activities.

The Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, together with the Ministry of Health, has developed a draft resolution that lists certain types of work with unfavorable working conditions, in which it is proposed to limit the use of women’s work.

This list includes work in the following areas of activity:

–  underground works in the mining industry;

–  mining operations;

–  metalworking;

–  drilling of the wells;

–  oil and gas;

–  ferrous metallurgy;

–  non-ferrous metallurgy;

–  chemical production;

–  radio engineering and electronic production: work as a tester of parts and devices engaged in testing devices in thermal vacuum chambers at a temperature of +28°C and above and -60°C and below, provided that they are directly in them; caster of magnets on furnaces-crystallizers; bismuth smelter;

–  production, repair and maintenance of aircraft;

–  production of cellulose, paper, cardboard and products from them;

–  cement production: work performed by workers in the cleaning of sludge pools and talkers;

–  stone processing and production of stone casting products;

–  production of reinforced concrete and concrete products and structures: work performed by a cutter of concrete and reinforced concrete products;

–  production of heat-insulating materials: work performed by a bitumen worker, cupola worker;

–  printing production: work related to the use of lead alloys, work in gravure printing shops;

–  textile and light industry: work performed in the production of textiles; works performed in felt production; leather and raw leather production;

–  food industry: baling of waste from corrugated production, work performed in the production of food products: work as a diffusion operator servicing batch diffusers when loaded manually; an ice harvester engaged in harvesting ice in reservoirs and laying it in riots; manufacturer of bone charcoal; cleaning machine operator, engaged in manual dismantling of separators;

–  railway transport;

–  production and operation of other types of economic activity.

It should be recalled that from May 1, 2019, the ban on the use of women’s labor in certain industries or professions was lifted in Uzbekistan. Prior to this, Article 225 of the Labor Code prohibited the use of women’s labor in jobs with unfavorable working conditions, as well as in underground work, except for some non-physical work or work on sanitary and domestic services.

Instead, it was planned to approve a recommendatory list of industries and professions that could adversely affect women’s health.