Hello! I am currently on maternity leave. Throughout my whole career I worked officially, therefore for me there was a regularity of contributions to UAPF. Tell me, while I'm not working, do I have any of the pension contributions being paid and by whom they are actually paid?
In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 25 of the Law on Pensions[1], for recipients of social benefits in case of loss of income due to caring for a child upon reaching the age of one year, compulsory pension contributions (hereinafter - CPC) are additionally established from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter - SSIF), which are subject to subsidizing from budgetary funds.
According to paragraph 4 of Chapter 2 of the Rules for subsidizing[2], subsidizing of the CPC in UAPF is carried out at the expense of budgetary funds on a monthly basis in favor of recipients of social benefits in case of loss of income due to caring for a child upon reaching the age of one year.
That is, on a monthly basis, until the child is one year old, CPC will be transferred to the mother's individual pension account through the State Corporation[3] at the expense of budgetary funds and the State Social Insurance Fund.
When subsidizing, the amount of women's pension contributions does not decrease during the entire period of her receiving social payments for child care from the State Social Insurance Fund and is maintained taking into account the amount of the woman's income, from which the amount of social payment for child care was calculated.
That is, the size of the CPC remains at the level of 10% of the income received during the period of active labor activity until going on maternity leave. Therefore, the 10% contribution includes:
4% - from the State Social Insurance Fund, which makes payments for child care (contributions from the State Social Insurance Fund);
6% - from the republican budget (subsidy).
[1]Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On pension provision in the Republic of Kazakhstan" dated June 21, 2013 No. 105-V
[3]Non-commercial joint stock company“State Corporation "Government for Citizens"