Order of Labour

{{Short description|Yugoslav civil decoration}}

{{Infobox Military Award

| name = Order of Labour

| image = Orden rada I reda (cut).jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Order of Labour with the Red Flag (1st class)

| presenter =

| country = {{YUG}}
{{FR-YUG}}

| type = Three classes (1945-1992)

Single class (1998-2006)

| eligibility = Yugoslav civilian and military personnel

| awarded_for =

| campaign =

| status = No longer awarded

| description =

| clasps =

| established = 1 May 1945

| firstawarded = July 1945

| lastawarded = 1992

| total_awarded =

| total_awarded_posthumously =

| total_recipients = 7,096 (Class I)
36,000 (Class II)
182,910 (Class III)

| individual =

| 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)

| same =

| 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

| image2 = 100px

| caption2 = Ribbon bar of the 1st class

}}

The Order of Labour ({{langx|sh|Orden rada}} / {{lang|sh-Cyrl|Орден рада}}, {{langx|sl|Red dela}}, {{langx|mk|Орден на трудот}}) was a Yugoslav civil decoration awarded to both civilians and military personnel for outstanding work performance.{{cite book |last=McDonald |first=Gordon C. |author-link= |date=1973 |title=Area Handbook for Yugoslavia |url= |location= |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page= |isbn=}} It was established in May 1945, and had three classes.{{Cite journal |date=1 May 1945 |title=УРЕДБА ПРЕТСЕДНИШТВА АВНОЈ-А О УВОЂЕЊУ ОРДЕНА РАДА |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp|issue:UB_00064_19450501|page:2 |journal=Borba |pages=2}} In 1961, the classes were renamed: 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).{{Cite journal |date=15 March 1961 |title=ЗАКОН О ИЗМЕНАМА И ДОПУНАМА ЗАКОНА О ОДЛИКОВАЊИМА |url=https://www.slvesnik.com.mk/Issues/D885222E18CD4227AFB6E11BCC8B096C.pdf |journal=Službeni list FNRJ |language=sh |volume=ХVII |issue=10 |pages=239-242}}

In 1998, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted a new Law on Decorations that kept most of the decorations of the Socialist Yugoslavia, with some additions.{{Cite journal |date=27 November 1998 |title=Одличја у духу традиције |url=http://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp|issue:UB_00064_19981127|page:3|query:%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%20%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%20%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5 |journal=Borba |volume=76 |issue=331 |pages=3}}{{Cite journal |date=5 December 1998 |title=Уведено и ордење југословенских великана |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp|issue:UB_00064_19981205|page:7|query:%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5 |journal=Borba |volume=LXXVI |issue=339-340 |pages=7}} The Order of Labour was retained, but now had only a single class.