The subject of the article is to present the procedural aspects of issuing orders and prohibitions by the authorities of the National Labour Inspectorate. Their regulation contains provisions of a lex specialis nature in relation to the norms of the Code of Administrative Procedure, on such important issues as, inter alia, the constituent elements of administrative decisions and the course of appeal proceedings. Deviations from the code regulation reduce the standard of protection of the administered. Their analysis allowed the author to formulate de lege ferenda conclusions.