Article 39. Rotation of Public Civil Servant

The rotation of a public civil servant shall be carried out in order to develop personal and professional qualities, increase the efficiency of performance, form a reserve of managerial personnel and prevent corruption risks.

The rotation of a civil servant shall be carried out with their consent by transferring to another equivalent position in the civil service.

In order to prevent corruption offenses in the public civil service, a list of positions in the public civil service which are subject to mandatory rotation shall be determined. The rotation of public civil servants holding these positions shall be carried out without their consent.

The following civil servants shall not be subject to rotation:

undergoing training, retraining and advanced training;

pregnant women, as well as women with children under the age of three;

whose health conditions or of their family members residing with them, on the basis of a medical report, does not allow them to perform their official duties in the position of the public civil service for which rotation is carried out.

The conditions for the rotation of a public civil servant shall be provided for in the employment contract.

In case of disagreement with the decision on rotation, a civil servant shall have the right to appeal it to a higher state body or a specially authorized state body or to a court.

The procedure for rotation in the public civil service, the list of positions in the public civil service subject to mandatory rotation, as well as the period of stay in rotated positions shall be established by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.