Kazakhstani citizens who lost their income due to restrictive measures will receive 42,500 tenge

Working citizens who are on leave without pay or have lost their income due to the introduction of restrictive measures to stabilize the situation with the incidence of COVID-19 will receive a one-time payment in the amount of the minimum wage. This was announced at a briefing in the Central communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan by the Minister of labor and social protection of the population of Kazakhstan Birzhan Nurymbetov.

"On behalf of the Head of state, given at the end of the expanded meeting Of the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a one – time payment in the amount of the minimum wage (42,500 tenge) from the State social insurance Fund will be made to needy citizens who lost their income in July this year due to the introduction of strict restrictive quarantine measures to stabilize the situation with the incidence of coronavirus infection," he said.

The Minister said that applications for the appointment of a lump sum payment will be submitted:

- employers for their employees who are sent on leave without pay;

- individual entrepreneurs and self-employed citizens whose activities were restricted due to increased quarantine measures – for themselves.

Currently, the Ministry of labor and social protection of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan is developing Rules for making a lump-sum payment.

"We expect that on Friday citizens will have the opportunity to submit applications, and from Monday we plan to start assigning payments. We are also considering the possibility of assigning payments in a proactive format for certain categories of citizens," Birzhan Nurymbetov added.

The head of the mtszn also noted that informally self-employed citizens do not have to pay the ESP again to apply for a one-time payment.