During August 20-26, the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, together with the Ministry of Justice and the Federation of trade unions, held online webinars in all regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the participation of labor inspectors, justice officers and the representatives of Federation of trade unions on the topics “Prevention of forced labor, compliance with labor laws on seasonal workers’ recruitment”, as well as "Requirements for labor contracts established by law ".

Participants of the online seminar exchanged views on related issues. In particular, discussions were held on the practice of applying the law for administrative offenses, in order to concentrate on the openness of legal information, the presence of evidence indicating the original nature of the offenses. Furthermore, with practical examples and legal decisions to other controversial situations, participants analyzed the decisions taken on administrative offenses against officials who committed administrative forced labor cases in 2019.

In addition, the inspectors of the State Labor Inspectorate were given appropriate explanations on the registration of cases of administrative offenses.