| Order of Labour | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Order of Labour with the Red Flag (1st class) | |
| Type | Three classes |
| Country |  Yugoslavia |
| Eligibility | Yugoslav civilian and military personnel |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Established | 1 May 1945 |
| First awarded | July 1945 |
| Last awarded | 1992 |
| Total recipients | 7,096 (Class I) 36,000 (Class II) 182,910 (Class III) |
 Ribbon bar of the 1st class | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Bravery (1945-1955) Order of Merits for the People (1955-1960) Order of the Republic (1960-1961) Order of the People's Army (1961-1992) Order of Tesla (1998-2006) |
| Next (lower) | Lowest (1945-1955) Order of the People's Army (1950-1961) Order of Military Merits (1961-1992) Order of Bravery (1998-2006) |
| Related | Medal of Labour |
The Order of Labour (Serbo-Croatian: Orden rada / Орден рада, Slovene: Red dela, Macedonian: Орден на трудот) was a Yugoslav civil decoration awarded to both civilians and military personnel for outstanding work performance.[1] It was established in May 1945, and had three classes.[2] In 1961, the classes were renamed, so from the on, they were: Order of Labour with Red Banner (formerly 1st class), Order of Labour with Golden Wreath (formerly 2nd class) and Order of Labour with Silver Wreath (formerly 3rd class).[3]
In 1998, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted new Law on Decorations that kept most of the decorations of the Socialist Yugoslavia, with some additions.[4][5] Order of Labour was kept, but now had a single class.
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- ^ "УРЕДБА ПРЕТСЕДНИШТВА АВНОЈ-А О УВОЂЕЊУ ОРДЕНА РАДА". Borba: 2. 1 May 1945.
- ^ "ЗАКОН О ИЗМЕНАМА И ДОПУНАМА ЗАКОНА О ОДЛИКОВАЊИМА" (PDF). Službeni list FNRJ (in Serbo-Croatian). ХVII (10): 239–242. 15 March 1961.
- ^ "Одличја у духу традиције". Borba. 76 (331): 3. 27 November 1998.
- ^ "Уведено и ордење југословенских великана". Borba. LXXVI (339–340): 7. 5 December 1998.