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Law No. 112-VI ZRK of 30 November 2017 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Perfection of Budget Legislation. -

Adoption: 2017-11-30 | Date of entry into force: 2017-12-17 | KAZ-2017-L-106709

Amends, inter alia, the Labour Code, supplementing Article 127 (Guarantees and compensation payments for workers, sent on business trips) with para 6 on the procedure of compensation for business trips on behalf of budget funds.

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Law No. 69-VI ZRK of 13 June 2017 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Matters of Defense and Military Service. -

Adoption: 2017-06-13 | Date of entry into force: 2017-06-26 | KAZ-2017-L-106708

Amends, inter alia, the Labour Code: in particular, rephrases sub-paragraph 6) of para 1 of Article 57 (Reasons for termination of employment contract due to circumstances independent of the will of parties).
Also amends the Law "On Military Service and the Status of Military Servants". In particular, rephrases Article 1 (General concepts used in this law). Makes changes in Article 5 (Status of a military servant) supplementing it with new paras 6, 7; also makes wording changes and supplements in Article 6 (Rights of military servants); also supplements new paragraphs to Article 8 (Restrictions of the rights of military servants, linked with military service). Also makes wording changes, inter alia, in Article 9 (Preparation of citizens for military service), Article 12 (Preparation of citizens for military-technical and other specialties), Article 17 (Duties of officials, state bodies, persons liable for military service and recruits for the implementation of the rules of military registration of persons liable for military service and recruits), Article 21 (Military offices).

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Labour Code No. 414-V ZRK of 23 November 2015. -

Adoption: 2015-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-102038

Section I: General provisions
Chapter I: General provisions, establishing, inter alia, the goal and objectives, principles of labour legislation, freedom of labour, prohibition of discrimination in labour, compulsory labour; as well as the minimum social standards in the sphere of labour.
Chapter II: State regulation in the sphere of labour relations.
Chapter III: Subjects of labour relationships. Grounds for origin of labour relationships.
Section II: Labour relationships.
Chapter IV: Employment contract
Chapter V: Work schedule. Work discipline.
Chapter VI: Work time.
Chapter VII: Rest time.
Chapter VIII: Measurement and remuneration.
Chapter IX: Professional training, retraining and improvement of qualification.
Chapter X: Financial liability of parties of employment contract.
Chapter XI: Guarantees and compensation payments.
Chapter XII: Peculiarities of regulation of employment of certain categories of workers.
Section III: Social partnership and collective relationships in the labor sphere.
Chapter XIII: Social partnership in the labor sphere.
Chapter XIV: Collective contract.
Chapter XV: Consideration of individual labour disputes.
Chapter XVI: Consideration of collective labour disputes.
Section IV: Safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XVII: State regulation in the sphere of safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XVIII: Rights and duties of employee and employer in the sphere of safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XIX: Organization of safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XX: Investigation and registration of occupational accidents.
Section V: Control over compliance with the labour legislation.
Chapter XXI: State control over compliance with the labour legislation.
Chapter XXII: Internal control.
Chapter XXIII: Final provisions.
Repeals the previous Labour Code of 15 May 2007 (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 2007, No.9, page 65).

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Law No.416-V ZRK of 23 November 2015 "On Public Service". -

Adoption: 2015-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-102039

Chapter I: General provisions
Chapter II: Legal status of public servants
Chapter III: Admission to public service
Chapter IV: Peculiarities of admission to administrative public service of corpse "A", as well as of the service
Chapter V: Peculiarities of taking administrative public position of corpse "B"
Chapter VI: Public service
Chapter VII: Service discipline
Chapter VIII: Service ethics of public servants
Chapter IX: Social guarantees for public servants, their family members
Chapter X: Termination of public service by public servants
Chapter XI: Other questions
Chapter XII: Final provisions.
Repeals the previous law "On Public Service" of 23 July 1999 (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1999, No.21, page 773).

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Law No.415-V ZRK of 23 November 2015 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on the Issues of Labour Regulation. -

Adoption: 2015-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-102045

Amends, inter alia, the Law on Trade Unions:namely, makes wording changes in para 1 of article 16 (Rights of trade unions); supplements article 17 (Duties of trade unions) with new sub-paragraph 8); rephrases sub-paragraph 2 of para 1 of article 18 (Protection of labour, social-economic rights and interests of trade union members), also para 4 of article 20 (Realization of public control over observance of rights of trade union members), paras 2, 3 of article 26 (Guarantees for persons elected in trade union bodies and not exempt from principal work).

Amends the Law on Employment. Rephrases para 1 of article 5 (State guarantees in the sphere of employment of population), supplements article 9 (Participation of employers in the provision of employment of population) with sub-paragraphs 1-1, 2-2.

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Law No. 31-V of 10 July 2012 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Issues of Technical Regulation and Metrology. -

Adoption: 2012-07-10 | Date of entry into force: 2012-08-12 | KAZ-2012-L-94663

Amends, inter alia, the Labour Code by introducing minor wording changes to para 1 of article 311, namely replacing the words "State standards" to "National standards".

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Law No. 30-V of 5 July 2012 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on the Issues Related to Organization of Activities of National Bank, Regulation of Financial Markets and Financial Organizations. -

Adoption: 2012-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 2013-07-31 | KAZ-2012-L-94662

Introduces, inter alia, changes to Labour Code, namely modifying the title of Chapter 28 regulating the work of several categories of civil servants as well as supplements Chapter 28 with an article 257-1 regulating specifically the work of employees of the National Bank.

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Law No. 452-IV of 5 July 2011 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Question of Revision of Competences of Dedicated Public Bodies and the Government of Kazakhstan Regarding the Adoption of Normative Legal Acts Establishing Requirements Towards Entities that Are Supervised. -

Adoption: 2011-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 2011-10-14 | KAZ-2011-L-90203

Introduces, inter alia, changes in wording of the Labour Code, namely in articles 15 on terms of reference of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of regulation of labour relations; 17 on terms of reference of territorial subdivisions of the state labour authority in the sphere of regulation of labour relations; 18 on Terms of reference of local executive bodies
in the sphere of regulation of labour relations; 319 on adoption of regulatory and legal acts in the sphere of labour protection and labour safety; 320 on Requirements on labour protection and labour safety during design, construction and operation of production facilities and means of production. 330 on rights of state labour inspectors.
The law cancels para 2 of article 339 (Mechanism for exercise of internal control over labour protection and labour safety)

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Law No. 452-IV of 5 July 2011 Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Issues of Reconsidering of Competences of State Bodies and Government of Kazakhstan on Adopting Normative Legal Acts Establishing Requirements for Auditing Entities. -

Adoption: 2011-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 2011-10-14 | KAZ-2011-L-90205

Makes amendments to 139 Laws with respect to the establishment of Auditing bodies. These laws include the following:
1. Code of Administrative Offences of 30 January 2001;
2. Land Code of 20 June 2003;
3. Forest Code of 8 July 2003;
4. Water Code of 9 July 2003;
5. Environmental Code of 9 January 2007;
6. Labour Code of 15 May 2007:
Introduces, inter alia, minor wording changes in articles 15 on terms of reference in the sphere of regulation of labour legislation, article 16 on terms of reference of the State labour authority in the sphere of regulation of labour relations, article 17 on terms of reference of territorial subdivisions of the State labour authority in the sphere of regulation of labour relations, article 18 on terms of reference on local executive bodies in the sphere of regulation of labour relations, article 159 on payments to employees of social allowances at the expense of the employer, article 205 on provision of healthy and safe working conditions, 317 on obligations of the employer in the sphere of labour protection and labour safety, 320 on requirements on labour protection and labour safety during design, construction and operation of production facilities and means of production, article 330 on rights of State labour inspectors.
Repeals para 2 of article 35 (Work Book), para 3 of article 179 (Work Prohibited for Employees under the Age of 18 Years) and 186 (Work for Which it is Prohibited to Engage Women), para 3 of article 313 (Training and Instruction in and Testing of Employees on Labour Protection and Labour Safety), para 2 of article 339 (Mechanisms for Exercise of Internal Control Over Labour Protection and Labour Safety). Reformulates the working of article 319 (Adoption of Regulatory and Legal Acts in the Sphere of Labour Protection and Safety)
7. Budget Code of 4 December 2008;
8. Tax Code of December 10 2008;
9. Law No. 193 of 18 September 2009 on the protection of the population's health and the health care system;
10. Law of 30 June 2010 on Customs Affairs;

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Law No. 159-IV of 5 May 2009 to amend and supplement several legal acts on the questions of employment and compulsory social insurance. (кодекс o внесении изменений и дополнений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Казахстан по вопросам занятости и обязательного социального страхования) -

Adoption: 2009-05-05 | Date of entry into force: 2009-05-05 | KAZ-2009-L-83981

Amends and supplements article 145 of the Labour Code introducing changes in provisions related to vocational training, as well as article 147 amending the rights and obligations of the employer with respect to job placement and article 159 regulating the issues on payment to employees of social allowances.

Introduces changes in wording to articles 5, 8, 9, 14, 19 and 20 of the Act on employment of the population and to articles 19, 23 and 24 of Act on Compulsory Social Insurance.

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Law No. 154 of 29 April 2009 to amend and supplement several legal acts on issues of their compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. (кодекс o внесении изменений и дополнений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Казахстан по вопросам их приведения в соответствие с нормами Конституции Республики Казахстан) -

Adoption: 2009-04-29 | Date of entry into force: 2009-04-29 | KAZ-2009-L-83989

Amends, inter alia, the article 8 of the Labour Code by changing the word "emergency situations" by the word "emergency".

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Ordinance No. 311-p of 22 December 2008 to approve the methodological recommendation for control, certification, revision and change of labour standards. -

Adoption: 2008-12-22 | Date of entry into force: 2008-12-23 | KAZ-2008-R-81152

Defines the procedure to follow and principles for control, certification and revision and change of labour standards.

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Labour Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 251 of 15 May 2007. -

Adoption: 2007-05-15 | Date of entry into force: 2007-06-01 | Date of partial entry into force: 2008-01-01 | KAZ-2007-L-76433

Part 1: General Provisions (Chap. 1 to 3)
Part 2: Labour Relationships (Chap. 4 to 15)
Part 3: Specificities of Labour Regulation for Several Categories of Workers (Chap. 16 to 28)
Part 4: Social Partnership and Collective Relationships in the Field of Labour (Chap. 29 to 32)
Part 5: Occupational Safety and Health (Chap. 33 to 37)
Part 6: Control of the Respect of Labour Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Chap. 38 to 40)

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Law No. 20 of 23 December 2004 to amend and supplement the Labour Law. -

Adoption: 2004-12-23 | Date of entry into force: 2004-12-28 | KAZ-2004-L-72405

Introduces modifications on rights and duties of workers and employers, individual labour contracts, collective agreements, overtime, additional guarantees for women with
- children, holidays, and wages.

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Labour Law of 10 December 1999.

Adoption: 1999-12-10 | Date of entry into force: 2000-01-01 | KAZ-1999-L-55770

Chapter 1: General provisions. Provides for prohibition of discrimination and forced labour, and for freedom of association
Chapter 2: Individual contract of employment. Section 11 sets minimum age for work at 16 years
Chapter 3: Collective agreements
Chapter 4: Regulation of labour relations of some categories of workers
Chapter 5: Hours of work
Chapter 6: Rest periods
Chapter 7: Wages and rating of labour
Chapter 8: Guarantees and compensation to workers
Chapter 9: Financial liability and parties to individual contracts of employment
Chapter 10: Incentives and punishments applicable to workers
Chapter 11: Labour disputes
Chapter 12: Supervision of observance of the Law

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Labour Code of the Kazakh SSR of 21 July 1972, as amended to 6 September 1995 - Repealed (КОДЕКС ЗАКОНОВ О ТРУДЕ КАЗАХСКОЙ ССР - Утративший силу) -

Adoption: 1995-09-06 | Date of entry into force: 1973-01-01 | KAZ-1972-L-49041

Comprehensive legislation covering matters related to collective agreements, labour contracts, conditions of employment (hours of work, rest, wages, piece work, discipline), and liability of workers for damage caused to an enterprise. Specific subjects covered include: labour of women (Chapter 12); labour of young persons (Chap. 13); labour disputes (Chap. 15); and trade unions and workers' participation (Chap. 16). Chapter 17 provides for state social insurance.