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Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 765-VQ of 30 June 2017 "On Insurance Against Unemployment". -

Adoption: 2017-06-30 | Date of entry into force: 2018-01-01 | AZE-2017-L-106749

Establishes organizational, legal and economic bases for insurance against unemployment, regulates relationships between the subjects of insurance against unemployment.
Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Rights and duties of subjects of insurance against unemployment
Chapter 3. Registration for insurance against unemployment, regulation of insurance contribution and its payments
Chapter 4. Accumulation and governance of insurance means.

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 1118-IVQD of 28 November 2014 "To Amend and Supplement the Law on Employment". -

Adoption: 2014-11-28 | Date of entry into force: 2014-12-24 | AZE-2014-L-99106

In accordance with paras 15 and 16 of part 1 of article 94 of the Constitution, supplements article 29 (Liability for the violation of the law) of the law "On Employment" with new para 29.3, which establishes, that 25 % of the finances collected from the penalties applied by a relevant executive authority for the violation of the articles of this law, are to be transferred to the account of that authority with the aim of strengthening the social protection of its workers.

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 686-IIIQ of 2 October 2008 on approval of the Convention "On the rights of persons with disabilities" . -

Adoption: 2008-10-02 | AZE-2008-L-114482

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law of 2 July 2001 on Employment. -

Adoption: 2001-07-02 | Date of entry into force: 2002-01-01 | AZE-2001-L-64861

Establishes legal, economic and organisational basis of State policy in the field of employment, as well as State guarantees to citizens in the field of labour and to unemployed persons in the field of social protection. Chapter I: General provisions, Chapter II: Citizen's rights in the field of employment and State guarantees, Chapter III: Regulation and organisation of employment, Chapter IV: Social guarantees, Chapter V: Specific provisions.

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 156-IIG of 22 June 2001 "On Reduced Working Time for Certain Categories of Public Servants", as amended to 29 November 2016. -

Adoption: 2001-06-22 | Date of entry into force: 2001-09-01 | AZE-2001-L-105446

The law establishes a reduced working time for certain categories of public servants, taking into consideration their health and physiological situation.
Article 1: Purpose of the law
Article 2: Duration of the reduced working time
Article 3: Prohibition of increase of working time duration for certain categories of public servants
Article 4: Entry into force of the law.

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 405 of 15 December 1992 "On Entrepreneurship Activity". -

Adoption: 1992-12-15 | AZE-1992-L-105447

Section I: General provisions
Article 1: Entrepreneurship activity
Article 2: Legislation on entrepreneurship
Article 3: Subjects of entrepreneurship
Article 4: Forms of entrepreneurship
Article 5: Legal regulation of the entrepreneurship limits
Section II: Rights and duties of entrepreneur
Article 6: Rights of entrepreneur
Article 7: Duties of entrepreneur
Article 8: Material liability of entrepreneur
Section III: State regalement of entrepreneurship
Article 9: State assistance for entrepreneurship
Article 10: State registration of entrepreneurship activity
Article 11: Entrepreneurship activity, requiring special permission
Article 12: State protection of the rights and legal interests of entrepreneur
Article 13: Control of entrepreneurship activity
Article 15: Liability of entrepreneur
Section IV: Suspension and termination of entrepreneurship activity
Article 16: Suspension of entrepreneurship activity
Article 17: Termination of entrepreneurship activity.

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law No. 284 of 25 August 1992 on social protection of invalids.

Adoption: 1992-08-25 | Date of entry into force: 1992-10-01 | AZE-1992-L-46090

Defines the concept of "invalid", provides for assessment of disability. Provides for disability prevention and medical rehabilitation, education and professional training of invalids, employment of invalids, creation of conditions for direct access of invalids to social infrastructure, material, social and medical assistance of invalids, and public organizations of invalids. Put into effect by Regulations No. 285 of 25 August 1992.

Azerbaijan - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Law of 27 June 1991 on Employment.

Adoption: 1991-06-27 | AZE-1991-L-31317

Provides for the right to work, and in particular the right to choose a workplace. Establishes categories of persons that need special protection (young persons, women who have young children, etc) and specific training programmes. Contains provisions concerning employment promotion (objectives and means) and occupational training by bodies belonging to the National Employment Services, created by this Act, and by non-governmental bodies. Such training is to be primarily for the unemployed. Specifies the roles of trade unions and employers and sets out their respective rights and duties. Provides for the conditions for granting, suspending and cancelling unemployment benefit as well as social assistance given to the families of persons who do not receive such allowances. Available in English.