According to the Kyrgyz Republic's Labor Code, employers must give a notice period of at least 1 month before terminating an indefinite employment contract. Fixed-term contracts can also be terminated before their expiry by providing a written notice to the employee. However, if the employee is dismissed due to a reorganization or a reduction of the organization's staff, the employer may terminate the employment agreement before the expiration of the notice period. In that case, however, the employer is required to compensate the employee an amount not lower than the average wage for each day remaining before the expiration of the notice period. An employee can terminate a fixed-term contract of 2 months or less by giving a written notice 3 days in advance.
During the notice period, the employee is entitled to 1 paid day off per week to look for another job.
Employers must give temporary and seasonal employees (as well as employees on a probationary period) written notice of 3 calendar days before termination.
Employees have the right to terminate an indefinite-term or fixed-term employment contract by giving the employer 1 month's written notice. During the settlement review period, the employee's employer is obligated to issue the employee a work record book and reduce the amounts due.
According to the Kyrgyz Republic's law, a foreign worker's application for a work permit must be submitted by the employer. All employers employing foreign employees need to have permission from the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. Employees are provided with work permits in the form of personal cards.
Per the Kyrgyz Republic's labor law, employees are entitled to paid annual leave of 28 calendar days after 11 months of continuous work in the same organization. Employees are entitled to a proportionate amount of leave after 14 days of employment. Parties may agree to grant paid leave before the expiration of 11 months.
Leave for the second and following years of work can be granted at any time within the business year in accordance with the organization's internal regulations.
The Kyrgyz Republic law requires that the employee be paid at least 3 days before starting their annual leave.
Employers can transfer the annual leave of an employee to the next year if providing leave to an employee in the current working year could adversely impact the ordinary course of work.
As stipulated by the Kyrgyz Republic's Labor Code, employees' normal work hours are 40 hours per week.
For the following categories of employees, hours of work are reduced as follows:
The employer's internal labor schedule determines weekly day-offs: employees will receive 2 or 1 day off per week. In a 6-day workweek, daily working hours cannot exceed 7 hours; for a 5-day workweek, the workday cannot exceed 8 hours.
Per the Kyrgyz Republic's Labor Code, upon application and based on a medical certificate, women are entitled to a prenatal leave of 70 calendar days and a leave of 56 calendar days after the child's birth (70 days in case of complicated confinement or the birth of 2 or more children). The total maternity leave is 126 calendar days and is provided to the mother in full irrespective of the number of prenatal days she used.
For women working in high-mountain areas, maternity leave duration is 140 days: 70 days before and 70 days after the delivery (for complicated deliveries, 86 days after the birth, and for multiple births, 110 days after the birth).
The employer pays the first ten days of maternity leave, following which employees on maternity leave receive social insurance benefits from the state. 100% of the insured's average daily earnings in the 3 months before maternity leave commenced are paid for the first 10 working days. From the 11th day to the 126th calendar day of leave, 10 times the basic rate is paid.
The minimum wage in the Kyrgyz Republic is the rate of monthly payment for unskilled labor. The minimum wage does not include additional payments, bonuses, other incentive payments, or payments for work in special climatic conditions and in territories exposed to radioactive contamination. It also does not include other compensatory and social payments.
The minimum wage in the Kyrgyz Republic is set annually and is set to KGS 3,280 (Kyrgyzstani soms) as of January 1, 2026.
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