Labor rating

Labor rate setting is determination of required labor rate costs (time) for performance of work (production of a unit of output) by workers in specific organizational and technical conditions and setting labor rate standards thereon.

The labor rate standard (time, output, labor intensity, service and number of work) is a measure of labor rate costs and set for a worker of an appropriate qualification in accordance with achieved level of technique, technology, production and labor organization.

The employer shall do the development, introduction, change and revision of labor rate standards in the manner established by public labor authority.

The labor rate standard shall be reviewed as workplace certification and rationalization is in place as well as new equipment, technology, organizational and technical measures that ensure the growth of labor productivity are introduced.

Achieving a high level of output (service provision) by individual employees on their own initiative by using new work techniques and workplace improvement is not the ground for the existing labor rate standards revision.

The employer no later than one month in advance shall notify the employees of the new labor rate standards being introduced.

The following shall be ensured in developing of labor rate standards:

1. The quality of labor rate standards, their optimal approximation to the required labor rate costs;
2. The set of the same labor standards for the same work performed in similar organizational and technical conditions;
3. The progressiveness of labor rate standards based on the achievements of science and technology;
4. The coverage by labor rate standards of those work types for which the set of labor rate standards is possible and appropriate;
5. Labor rate standards technical (scientific) validation.

The labor rate standards in the organization wherein the prices, fee rates for the services (goods, works) are regulated by the state shall be approved by the employer in agreement with the public authorities of the relevant activity areas and the public labor authority in the manner established thereby.

The standards and labor rate standards of the organizations shall be approved by public authorities of the relevant activity areas in agreement with the public labor authority in the manner established thereby.

The standards for the number of employees that provide technical maintenance and functioning of public bodies shall be developed and approved by public bodies of the relevant activity areas in agreement with the public labor authority.

The uniform inter-industry standards for the number of employees that provide technical maintenance and functioning of public bodies shall be developed and approved by the public labor authority.

The qualification requirements for the employees and the complexity of certain works shall be designed based on vocational standards, and in their absence, based the Unified Tariff and Qualification Handbook of Workers' Jobs and Trades (UTQH), the Qualification Handbook of Job Positions of CEOs, Specialists and Other Employees (QH), tariff and qualification characteristics of workers’ trades and standard qualification characteristics of job positions of CEOs, specialists and other employees of organizations.

The development, revision and approval procedure thereof shall be designed by the public labor authority.

The Unified Tariff and Qualification Handbook of Workers' Jobs and Trades (UTQH), the Qualification Handbook of Job Positions of CEOs, Specialists, and Other Employees (QH), qualification characteristics of certain job positions of specialists of public bodies and government enterprises that are common for all activity areas shall be developed and approved by the public labor authority. The standard qualification characteristics of job positions of CEOs, specialists and other employees of organizations shall be developed and approved by public bodies of the relevant activity areas in agreement with the public labor authority.

The public labor authority is competent to develop and approve a list of job positions for administrative personnel.

The Law "On Vocational Qualifications," adopted in 2023, had systematized all the elements of the National Qualifications System (NQS), created a legal framework for setting uniform conditions and procedures for qualifications recognition, and unified the qualifications system regulation.

To date, the bodies responsible for all the NQS components development have been identified.

The National Qualifications Framework is supported by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the public education authorities.

The industry qualification framework is supported by the public industry authorities.

The vocational standards are supported by the public industry authorities in agreement with the Ministry of Labor.

The trade register is developed by the public industry authorities, in agreement with the Ministry of Labor based on proposals from associations and employers.

In addition, the NQS Career.Enbek "ecosystem" digital platform serving as the national qualifications system database has been created. It accumulates all the information on the qualifications system, provides access to up-to-date information on the NQS's baseline tools, activities of the National and industry boards, and implements functionalities for the recognition of vocational qualifications.

The national qualifications framework consists of a description for each qualification level of general vocational activity characteristics.

The development and/or update of the national qualifications framework is carried out by the authorized body jointly with the authorities in the area of education, science and higher education.

The industry qualifications framework classifies the requirements for specialist qualifications in the industry by level depending on the complexity of the work performed and the nature of the knowledge, skills and competencies used.

The development and/or update of the industry qualifications framework is carried out by the industry public bodies in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body. The industry qualifications framework are approved by the industry boards for vocational qualifications.

A vocational standard is a written official document that sets forth general requirements for the knowledge, skills, abilities, work experience, taking into account formal and/or non-formal and/or informal education, qualification level and competence, content, quality and conditions of work in a specific area of vocational activity.

The development and (or) update of vocational standards are carried out by the public industry bodies based on the National Occupations Classifier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, industry qualification frameworks in the manner determined by the authority.

The approval of vocational standards is carried out by the industry public bodies in agreement with the industry board for vocational qualifications and authority, taking into account the conclusion of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is of a recommendatory character.

The list of approved vocational standards is maintained by the authority on the digital platform of the National Qualifications System.

The employer’s associations, unions in agreement with the industry public bodies, may, at their own expense, prepare a draft vocational standard and submit it for review to the industry public body.