President Ilham Aliyev signed new legislative acts that serve to improve the normative-legal framework for the purpose of expanding digital services in the fields of labor relations and employment.
The digital infrastructure of the state social services in the social field was established with the consistent and large-scale reforms, and 145 of the 159 services of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, or more than 90 percent, were digitized in recent years. More than 50 proactive services, an e-social portal, which is the country's social register, a single digital platform for labor relations and employment, "Labor and Employment" subsystem (EMAS) have been created.
The continuation of reforms in this direction and the new documents signed are the basis for further important progress. With the new changes to the legislation:
• Conclusion of the employment contract between the employee and the employer in the form of an electronic document through e-signature, execution of the change and termination of this contract in the e-rule,
• Cancellation of the conclusion of the labor contract in a collective manner,
• Entry into the electronic information system of the order, order or decision by the employer to enter into the electronic information system and enter into legal force from the date of signing with a strengthened e-signature,
• Placing the order, order or decision of the employer on the termination of the employment contract concluded in the form of an e-document by signing it with an enhanced e-signature in the employee's e-cabinet in the information system,
• Termination of the employment contract on the date indicated in the employee's application if there is a written (on paper carrier or through an electronic information system) agreement with another employer regarding entering into labor relations,
• Placement of the employer's structure and staff table in the "Labor and Employment" subsystem,
• E-recording of electronic labor contracts, changes made to them, related to those contracts, as well as other orders, orders and decisions issued in relation to labor relations,
• İmplementation of self-employment, professional orientation measures, paid public works and the creation of additional workplaces and social enterprises in addition to the quota, the implementation of targeted programs with innovative solutions,
• Vacant workplaces according to the quota and in addition to the quota, those accepted for these jobs, social enterprises and social workplaces, employers applying targeted programs, trade unions, etc. digitization of record keeping for more effective establishment of work with social partners,
• İnnovations in the field of employment and the organization of e-control, e-audit on social and legal issues of labor, etc. is intended.
Also in new changes:
• That the employer can cancel the employment contract by notifying the employee in a written application one calendar month in advance on a paper carrier or through an electronic information system,
• If neither of the parties notifies the other party about the termination of the contract in a paper medium or through an electronic information system at least one week before the end of the term of the fixed-term employment contract, the contract is extended for the period specified therein, and if it continues continuously for more than 5 years, according to the Code, indefinitely it is noted that it is considered an employment contract,
• Further increase of employment opportunities, more advanced and flexible establishment of the labor rights protection mechanism of workers, etc., and a number of other relevant improvements in the legislation were also made for persons in special need of social protection.
New legislative acts for the expansion of e-services in the fields of labor and employment serve to improve the normative-legal base.