No score
change

2024 Score

89

2022 Score

89

2020 Score

89.5

Rating

Approaching Access to Decent Work

Fair
Wages

100

Decent
Working Hours

100

Employment
Security

60

Family
Responsibilities

75

Maternity
at Work

100

Safe
Work

100

Social
Security

80

Fair
Treatment

100

Child &
Forced Labour

100

Freedom of
Association

75

Fair Wages - 100

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the legislation or collective negotiation set and determine the minimum wages in the country? Yes 1 §101 & 113 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require regular and timely payment of wages? Yes 1 §105 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require overtime compensation to be at least 125% of the regular hourly rate? Yes 1 §98 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require any additional compensation for working on a weekly rest day? Yes 1 §76 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require additional compensation for night work? Yes 1 §70 & 98 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change

Decent Working Hours - 100

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law stipulate general weekly working hours as 48 hours or lower? Yes 1 §61 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law restrict maximum working hours, including overtime, to 56 hours per week? Yes 1 §64 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require a paid weekly rest of at least 24 consecutive hours? Yes 1 §76 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require paid public holidays? Yes 1 §89 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require at least three working weeks of paid annual leave? Yes 1 §79-86 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change

Employment Security - 60

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law require a written employment contract or employment particulars to be given to a worker on commencement of employment? Yes 1 §30 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law restrict the hiring of fixed-term contract workers? Yes 1 §37-38 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law limit the length of the probation period, including renewals, to three months? No 0 §34-35 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require a 30-day notice period before employment contract termination? Yes 1 §172 & 177 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require severance pay at the rate of at least two weeks of wages for every year of service? No 0 §164 & 169 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change

Family Responsibilities - 75

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law require a four-month parental leave for parents? Yes 1 §127 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require at least one week of paid paternity leave for fathers*? No 0 §87 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require flexible working arrangements* for workers with family responsibilities? Yes 1 §741 & 125 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require paid nursing breaks? Yes 1 §129 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change

Maternity at Work - 100

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law prohibit inquiring about pregnancy during recruitment? Yes 1 §7 & 121 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require maternity leave of at least 14 weeks? Yes 1 §126 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require cash maternity benefits to be at least two-thirds (66.67%) of a worker's former wage? Yes 1 §102 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law require cash maternity benefits to be paid through a contributory social insurance or a universal benefits system or such benefits are an employer's liability? Yes 1 §102 of Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law protect workers from dismissals during or on account of pregnancy? Yes 1 §123 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change

Safe Work - 100

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law require employers to provide free personal protective equipment to workers? Yes 1 §30 of Law on Safety and Health at Work (No. 34/14)
No Change
Does the law require employers to train workers on health and safety Issues? Yes 1 §92 of the Labour Law, 2007; §19 of Safety at Work Law (No. 34/14)
No Change
Does the law restrict work that is prejudicial to the health of the mother or the child? Yes 1 §124-125 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law provide for employment injury benefits in the event of an occupational accident or disease? Yes 1 Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, 2003; Law on Health Insurance, 2016; Law on Health Care 2016
No Change

Social Security - 80

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law provide for an old age benefit? Yes 1 Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, 2003; Law on Contributions for Mandatory Social Insurance, 2007
No Change
Does the law provide for survivors' benefits? Yes 1 Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, 2003; Law on Contributions for Mandatory Social Insurance, 2007
No Change
Does the law provide for unemployment benefits? Yes 1 Law on Social and Child Welfare, 2013; Law on Employment and Unemployment Insurance 2010
No Change
Does the law require paid sick leave (and sickness benefits) for the first six months of sickness? No 0 §90 of the Labour Law, 2019
No Change
Does the law provide for invalidity benefits? Yes 1 Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, 2003; Law on Health Insurance, 2016; Law on Health Care 2016
No Change

Fair Treatment - 100

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law require equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value? Yes 1 §99 of Labour Law, 2019
No Change
Does the law prohibit sexual harassment in employment? Yes 1 §3 & 10, Law on Prohibition of Harassment at Work; §7, 26 & 34, Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, 2014; §10, Labour Law 2019
No Change
Does the law prohibit discrimination in employment matters? Yes 1 §7-9 of Labour Law, 2021
No Change
Does the law allow women to do the same job as men? Yes 1 §118 of Labour Law, 2019; §43 of the Family Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law guarantee basic labour protection to the platform workers? Yes 1 §5 of the Law on Contributions for Mandatory Social Insurance, 2007
No Change

Child & Forced Labour - 100

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law prohibit the employment of children? Yes 1 §20 of the Labour Law, 2007
No Change
Does the law set employment entry age equal to or higher than the compulsory schooling age? Yes 1 §4 of the Law on Primary Education, 2013
No Change
Does the law prohibit the employment of young persons in hazardous work under the age of 18 years? Yes 1 §120 of Labour Law, 2007; §7–8, Reg. on Protection in the Workplace, 2015
No Change
Does the law prohibit forced labour? Yes 1 §28 and 63 of the Constitution, 2007; §444 of the Criminal Code, 1996
No Change

Freedom of Association - 75

Question Answer Score Legal Basis Trend
Does the law allow workers to form and join unions of their own choice? Yes 1 §16 of the Constitution, 1992; §26.6 & 76.2 of the Mongolian Labour Code, 2021
No Change
Does the law allow workers to bargain collectively with employers through their representative unions? Yes 1 §181-187 of the Labour Law, 2019; §5 of the Representativeness of Trade Unions Act, 2010
No Change
Does the law provide the right to strike? No 0 §12, 18, 27 and 28 of the Strike Act, 2015; CEACR, C87, Obs. 2021
No Change
Does the law prohibit imposing excessive sanctions against striking workers, including replacement of such workers? Yes 1 §66 of the Constitution 2007; §12, 18, 27 and 28 of the Strike Act, 2015; §54(4) of the Labour Law, 2019
No Change

*In order to measure the trend in country’s legislative performance over the last edition of the Labour Rights Index (2022), the following legend is used.

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Methodological change

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