realize the maximum number of working hours set for them as a normal working time per week, so it may be difficult for them to determine whether their rights are being violated. The issue of shift work remains a challenge for miners, which is a specific case. For exam­ple, some manganese miners have to work 12-hour shifts for 15 consecutive days, includ­ing at night. If the total number of working hours is calculated, the employer may comply with the law. However, according to a representative of Human Rights Watch, such work practice leads to fatigue of employees and increases the risk of accidents and injuries. Therefore, it is important to review the legal requirements for shift work for this industry. Conclusions The research reveals it is problematic that legislation allows a 24-hour shift mode, as well as the so-called“Vakhturi” method with the 15-day shift mode(as, for example, in the Chiatura mines), which, on the one hand, protects the average working hours within the months, but fundamentally contradicts international labour standards. RECOMMENDATIONS Ensure the Labour Code contains a clear limit on maximum daily shift work and a 12-hour daily limit of shift work should be determined. Abolish the special working time regime for the mining industry and extend the common standard of shift work to them. 4.5 Night work Legal Review According to the CEACR, “broadly speaking, night work is performed at a time when people would normal­ly sleep”. 123 “Night work requires workers to act in opposition to their biological clocks by remaining awake, alert and productive at a time when the human bio­logical drive for sleep is at its strongest. 124 “Night may have an impact on workers’ health, safety and work–life balance, as it is incompatible with biological rhythms and the normal scheduling of social, family and community activities 125 ”. 126 123. General Survey concerning working-time instruments,“Ensuring decent working time for the future2018, paragraph 381. 124. Ibid, paragraph 394. 125. Ibid, paragraph 390. 126. For further details on understanding the specificity of night work, overview of night work trends, minimum protective mea­sures for night workers see Chapter IV of the General Survey concerning working-time instruments,“Ensuring decent working time for the future”, 2018. 62