THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A BUSINESS ENTITY DURING COVID-19
The Parliament of Mongolian approved the law on COVID-19 Prevention, Fight, and Mitigation of its Socioeconomic Impact on 29th of April, 2020.
According to this law, a business entity and an organization may exercise following rights:
- to have access to proper and correct information concerning the measures towards the pandemic prevention, fight;
- to cooperate with, get advice from, donate and support the organizations specialized for prevention of the pandemic;
- to file a suit to a court in case the legal rights and interests of the legal entity was affected by the decision or measures for pandemic prevention, fight that does not meet legal requirements.
As for the duties, business entities shall:
- adhere resolution, procedure, demand, warning and recommendation on quarantine, traffic and hour restriction regime of competent authority instruction, exchange information and collaborate;
- prepare required resources in order to prevent from and fight with the pandemic;
- have frequent ventilation, disinfection and decontamination in workplace;
- create condition to prevent individuals and employees from infection based on the instruction and recommendation of the competent organizations;
- retain the job of employee who is in quarantine, traffic restriction and isolation regime;
- not to organize public events and meetings in form of breaching procedure on the law;
- create an environment to operate by using IT technology;
- not to increase leasing fee, goods and service fee and create artificial deficiency;
- decrease negative effects during pandemic on seniors, disabled, pregnant or vulnerable populations;
- adhere guidelines and directions by the government and the State Special Commission of Mongolia.