A director who unfairly distributes lessons can be fined up to 4 million soums.

As is known, the distribution of lessons among teaching staff should be carried out in accordance with the priority sequence established in paragraph 15 of the Regulation "On the Procedure for Forming Classrooms and Tariff Lists in General Education Institutions" (registration number 3271, June 30, 2020).

Based on the sequence of indicators defined in paragraph 15 of the Regulation, it is recommended to establish maximum number of teaching hours for teachers who have priority. In this case, the class hour grid is approved by the pedagogical council of the general education institution.

With the written consent of the teacher who has the opportunity to receive the maximum teaching hours, the teaching hours that can be allocated to him may be transferred to other teachers.

What is the responsibility for those who distribute lessons unfairly?

The distribution of teaching hours in general education institutions is carried out by the Pedagogical Council of the school. Therefore, first of all, the Pedagogical Council has the right not to approve it in case of unfair distribution of lessons.

However, despite this, if the school principal or other officials do not comply with the legislation on the distribution of class hours, there is liability for them.

As is known, according to the Regulation "On the Pedagogical Council of a General Secondary Educational Institution," approved by Order No. 6-mh of the Minister of Public Education dated May 30, 2016, the school principal is the chairman of the pedagogical council. General control over the implementation of the decisions of the pedagogical council is carried out by the chairman of the pedagogical council.

Therefore, the arbitrary and unfair distribution of lessons by the school principal, contrary to the decision of the Pedagogical Council, in violation of legislative acts, is considered a violation of labor legislation.

In such cases, one of the types of disciplinary sanctions provided for in Article 312 of the Labor Code may be applied to the school principal.

Also, according to Article 49 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan, violation of labor and labor protection legislation by an official - entails the imposition of a fine from five (2 million 60 thousand soums) to ten (4 million 120 thousand soums) times the base calculation amount.

The same offense, committed repeatedly within a year after the application of administrative penalties, - entails the imposition of a fine from ten (4 million 12 thousand soums) to fifteen (6 million 180 thousand soums) times the base calculation amount.

For reference: In the event of an unfair distribution of teaching hours in educational institutions, pedagogical workers may apply to the territorial departments of employment or justice, as well as to the trade union.