Professional training, retraining, and skills development for job seekers and unemployed individuals can be carried out upon the referral of the local labor authority in the following cases:
Lack of a profession (specialty);
The need to change a profession (specialty) due to the lack of suitable work that matches existing professional skills;
The need to upgrade skills due to the lack or insufficiency of professional skills because of changing requirements for the profession (specialty);
Loss of ability to perform work in the previous profession (specialty).
Professional training, retraining, and skills development for job seekers and unemployed individuals are carried out in professional training centers (vocational education institutions).
Job seekers, unemployed individuals, and people from socially vulnerable groups have priority rights to undergo professional training, retraining, and skills development.
The content and material-technical development of professional training centers are funded by the State Employment Support Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

During consultations, employees of local employment authorities provide job seekers and the unemployed with information about:
Employment legislation;
Availability of vacant job positions, including in organizations located within the relevant area, salary levels, and other working conditions for those vacancies;
Newly created jobs and development programs;
Opportunities and conditions for professional training, retraining, and skills enhancement;
Opportunities to participate in paid public works;
Social guarantees for job seekers and the unemployed, as well as labor legislation norms;
Procedures for employment in reserved job positions;
Procedure for obtaining self-employed status;
Subsidies and grants;
Opportunities for starting one’s own business, support measures for startup projects, and sample business plans;
Microcredit programs for projects aimed at ensuring employment;
Opportunities for temporary work abroad through organized recruitment;
Private employment agencies;
Other services provided by local employment authorities to job seekers and the unemployed.
If the local employment authority employee is unable to provide comprehensive information on a specific query, they must schedule a follow-up consultation at a designated time.

Local employment authorities offer the following services to job seekers and the unemployed, upon their request:
Consultations on employment issues;
Proposing suitable job opportunities (if available), based on professional qualifications, work experience, employment history, age, health condition, and other factors, as well as assisting in finding suitable jobs in organized programs for temporary work abroad;
Employment in reserved job positions;
Referral to paid public works funded by the Public Works Fund under the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan or other sources not prohibited by law;
Assistance in employment by engaging in entrepreneurship and self-employment activities;
Referral to professional training, retraining, and skill enhancement programs;
Evaluation of professional qualifications;
Issuance of recommendations for obtaining microcredits for projects aimed at ensuring employment.
Local employment authorities may provide additional services to job seekers and the unemployed in accordance with legislation.
The services provided by local employment authorities to individuals, organizations, and employers, including labor market information, are free of charge.

Credit lines are funds allocated to commercial banks for lending to business entities exclusively for targeted purposes, with the loan amount reflected on the bank's balance sheet.
Credit lines from the State Employment Support Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan are opened in commercial banks to provide microloans for projects aimed at creating new jobs.
Credit lines from regional funds for promoting the creation of new jobs, managed by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional hokimiyats, and the Tashkent city administration, are opened in commercial banks for:

Credit support for entrepreneurial activities that aim to create sustainable jobs, particularly in rural areas;
Establishing public-private partnership enterprises in labor-surplus regions that create new jobs, with regional funds later selling their share in the created enterprises to private partners;
Implementing other measures aimed at creating jobs and ensuring employment, as per the decisions of the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the hokims of the regions, and the city of Tashkent.

A subsidy is financial assistance provided by ministries and departments, aimed at stimulating employment and encouraging entrepreneurship. The types of subsidies and the procedure for their provision are defined by legislation.
(Article 19, amended by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan from September 27, 2024, No. ZRU-967 — National Database of Legislation, October 2, 2024, No. 03/24/967/0766)

A grant refers to monetary funds and material resources allocated from the State Employment Support Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan for professional training, retraining, and skills development for job seekers and the unemployed.
Grants are provided to vocational training centers (vocational education institutions) for financing:
Costs related to professional training for job seekers and the unemployed, particularly for citizens returning from labor migration, and women from low-income families;
Professional training, retraining, and skills development for heads and workers of farms, heads and members of dekhkan farms, and owners of household land plots in the fields of agritech, horticulture, vegetable growing, animal husbandry, poultry farming, fish farming, and beekeeping.
Grants are also provided to vocational training centers (vocational education institutions) for teaching entrepreneurship skills, foreign languages, and professions, as well as for retraining and skills development for citizens participating in organized programs for temporary work abroad, and for organizations to provide training directly in production and "master-apprentice" schools.
Grant applications are prepared by local labor authorities based on labor market needs and sent to regional labor authorities for review. The application includes a list of individuals wishing to undergo professional training, retraining, or skills development.
Vocational training, retraining, and skills development based on grants can be carried out by vocational training centers (vocational education institutions). Financing for such training is carried out based on agreements between regional labor authorities and vocational training centers (vocational education institutions).

The legislation on employment consists of this Law and other legislative acts.
If an international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes rules different from those provided by the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan on employment, the provisions of the international treaty shall apply.
This Law applies to the citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, foreign citizens, and stateless persons permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as foreign citizens engaged in labor activities in accordance with the procedure established in Chapter 17 of this Law.

A job seeker may be removed from the registry within ten days of registration with local employment authorities for the following reasons:
Employment;
Receiving subsidies for employment stimulation and engagement in entrepreneurship;
Receiving microcredits from the State Employment Support Fund or other permissible sources;
Enrollment in professional training, retraining, or qualification enhancement programs;
Registration as a self-employed individual;
Relocation to another area for permanent residence;
Failure to attend the local employment authority without valid reason;
Temporary employment abroad;
Repeated (more than twice) refusal of suitable job offers;
Discovery of illegal registration as a job seeker;
A court ruling leading to imprisonment;
Conscription for compulsory military service;
Any other circumstances preventing the local authority from assisting the job seeker;
Death of the job seeker.
Individuals removed from the registry due to the last three points have the right to re-register as job seekers after 30 calendar days.
Information about the removal is entered into the "Bandlik Xizmati" information system.

Registration as a job seeker is carried out by the responsible employee of the local employment authority. Job seekers must approach the local employment authority with a passport, ID card, or any other document proving their identity.
The local employment authority independently requests information about work experience, education (if any), salary, and other details about the job seeker from responsible state bodies and organizations, including through the interdepartmental integration platform of the "Digital Government" system.
Job seekers can provide documents confirming their profession or professional qualification (if applicable).
The local employment authority may, if necessary, obtain certain information through electronic requests from relevant organizations, such as:
Medical-social expert commissions (regarding recommended work conditions for people with disabilities);
Healthcare institutions (for people with health-related work restrictions);
Penitentiary institutions (for people released from custody);
Civil registry offices (for individuals with dependent children);
Non-budgetary Pension Fund departments (for individuals with other dependents or those not receiving benefits).
The local employment authority may also request information from the Council of Farmers, Dehkan Farms, and Backyard Landowners to confirm the membership of the applicant in a relevant agricultural group.

Individuals who may be registered as job seekers with local employment authorities include:
People over 16 years of age who do not have a job or occupation bringing in income;
People whose employment contract may be terminated under circumstances specified in the relevant articles of the Labor Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan (who have been notified about the impending termination of their employment contract);
People with disabilities capable of working according to the conclusion of a medical-social expert commission;
Pensioners, regardless of age, who wish to resume (continue) working;
People who wish to change their job or profession;
People working in temporary, casual, or seasonal jobs who seek permanent employment;
People wishing to participate in paid public works or seasonal agricultural work.
Other categories of people in need of employment may also be registered as job seekers with local employment authorities.