The amendments are being made to documents regulating labor relations, social security, the pension system, and education.

For non-payment or late payment of wages, pensions, benefits, and stipends, officials face a fine of 20,000 soms, while legal entities face a fine of 65,000 soms.

If a pension, allowance, or stipend payment is delayed by more than five days, the recipient has to receive not only the principal amount but also compensation adjusted for the official inflation rate and a penalty of 0.15 percent of the outstanding amount for each day of delay.

Until a citizen submits a written request, the total amount of accrued penalties cannot exceed 200 percent of the debt. Once the recipient submits a request, this limitation will cease to apply, and penalties will accrue until they are fully paid.

The law enshrines the right of individuals to choose how they receive their pension—through a bank, another credit institution, or by postal service or Social Fund branch.

The Labor Code clarifies the definition of «other social payments,» which includes compensation, lump-sum allowances, and payments in connection with industrial injury or occupational disease.

At the same time, the separate Law

«On Ensuring the Timely Payment of Wages, Pensions, Allowances, Stipends, and Other Social Payments»

is repealed. All of its key provisions are now incorporated into current codes and relevant laws.