The Department of Coordination of Employment and Social Programs of the West Kazakhstan region invites enterprises of the region to participate in the republican competition on social responsibility of business "PARYZ – 2023" (next – the competition).
The competition has been held on the initiative of the first President of the country since 2008. The Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 23, 2008 No. 523 approved the Rules of the contest on the social responsibility of business "Paryz".
The competition is aimed at the formation and enhancement by private business entities of their corporate social responsibility to society in order to further improve the welfare of the population.
Objectives of the competition:
1) stimulatihg private business entities to address social issues both for their employees and for society as a whole;
2) demonstration and wide dissemination of positive experience available in this area.
The competition, in which private business entities (hereinafter referred to as applicants) can participate, is help throughout the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Organizations in which the shares and the state’s share in the authorized capital amount to more than 50 percent are not allowed to participate in the competition. Private business entities can participate in the competition.
Applicants are allowed who:
1) have been operating for at least three years;
2) are not in the stage of liquidation, are not recognized as bankrupt;
3) have no unresolved violations of labor legislation, including overdue arrears on wages and other payments to employees;
4) do not have collective labor disputes with employees;
5) carry out social and charitable activities on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which should not be aimed at supporting political, trade union and religious organizations;
6) reliable information was indicated in the application for participation in the competition, as well as documents were submitted in full.
For applicants, participation in the competition is free of charge.
To ensure transparency of the selection process of applicants, optimization of the application procedure, the competition is held in two stages: at the regional and national levels. Applications of applicants for participation are accepted by the local executive body on paper and electronic media.Based on the results of consideration of applications by the regional commission for social partnership and regulation of social and labor relations, they are sent for study by the republican commission, which decides on awarding the titles of the laureates of the competition.
In accordance with the Rules , the awarding of the titles of the laureates of the competition is carried out in the following nominations:
"The best socially responsible enterprise".
This nomination examines the activities of applicants implementing social programs aimed at supporting their own staff, social adaptation of people with disabilities and improving the well-being of society as a whole (organization of remuneration and social benefits, professional training and retraining systems, employment of the largest number of people with disabilities, and so on).;
"The best enterprise in the field of labor protection".
This nomination examines the activities of applicants who create working conditions that allow to preserve the health of employees in the course of their work;
"The best collective agreement".
This nomination considers collective agreements that significantly improve and strengthen the labor and social rights of employees provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
"For contribution to ecology".
This nomination examines the activities of applicants who have significantly distinguished themselves in the implementation of environmental (ecological) programs aimed at improving the state of the environment.
Grand Prix - the highest award of the competition is awarded to the applicant who has achieved the highest results in the work and implementation of the principles of corporate social and environmental responsibility. The winners of the competition are awarded a corresponding diploma, an emblem and a distinctive sign (statuette). The award ceremony of the winners of the competition is held annually in December in a solemn atmosphere.
To participate in the competition, applicants send materials to local executive bodies in two copies:
1) a completed application;
2) the applicant's report, which is a self-assessment of the level of his activities and specific results on corporate social responsibility.
The applicant's report should include:
- history of a legal entity or individual;
- organizational structure;
- other additional information;
3) appendix to the report (a copy of the collective agreement and other documents);
4) a questionnaire filled out in accordance with the form established by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and posted on its Internet resource.
The deadline for accepting documents is September 1 of the current year.
More detailed information can be obtained on the website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/enbek?lang=kk, or on the website of the regional department for the coordination of employment and social programs https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/bko-social?lang=kk, at the address: Uralsk, 44/2 Saraishyk str., office 405, contact phone numbers 8(7112) 50-50-99, 51-28-66; email address: lu.zhadenova@bko.gov.kz and on social networks facebook https://www.facebook.com/bqo.jumyspen.qamty, instagram bqo_jumyspen_qamty
Department for the Coordination of
Employment and Social Programs
West Kazakhstan region
As a result of the analysis of applications for receiving lump-sum pension benedits received from authorized operators, the following main reasons can be identified and advice on how to eliminate them and prevent them in the future can be given.
The first reason: an incorrect amount for withdrawal is indicated in the contributor's application submitted to the authorized operator, including with an excess of existing pension savings.
Recommendation: check the current information about your pension savings, including information about the available amount (in your personal account on the enpf.kz website, in the UAPF mobile application, on the egov.kz portal) immediately before submitting an application to an authorized operator for receiving one-time pension benefits.
The second reason is that the amount to be withdrawn is incorrectly indicated when choosing the method of payment of the individual income tax (IIT).
Recommendation: in case of targeted withdrawal of savings (for housing, medical treatment), the contributor has the right to choose one of two methods of paying the IIT. The first way is to take advantage of the deferred payment of the IIT and pay the IIT in equal monthly installments for no more than sixteen years after retirement (according to the established schedule of pension payments from the UAPF). The second way is to pay the tax in full immediately upon a lump sum pension benefit payment. The method of paying the PIT should be indicated in the application to the authorized operator.
If the contributor decides to take advantage of the delay in paying the IIT, then it is necessary to indicate in the application the amount for withdrawal without deducting the IIT.
If the contributor decides to pay the IIT immediately in full, then he must indicate in the application the amount to be withdrawn minus the IIT in the amount of 10%.
Both amounts are already indicated in the statement provided by the UAPF to the contributor, for his convenience and independent choice. The amount specified by the contributor for withdrawal will be transferred from the UAPF to his special account opened with an authorized operator.
The third reason: the contributor's application indicates the amount requested for withdrawal, without taking into account the minimum sufficiency threshold (for example, the entire amount of pension savings available in the individual pension account is indicated).
Recommendation: the application should indicate the amount within the amount available for withdrawal and indicated in the statement, received by the contributor in the UAPF.
Fourth reason: the application indicates an irrelevant amount, which does not take into account changes in the amount of pension savings due to market fluctuations in investment return as a result of changes in exchange rates or the value of financial instruments in the investment portfolio of pension assets.
Recommendation: Check the current information about your pension savings, including the available amount, immediately before applying for a lump sum pension benefit.
Fifth reason: the contributor has submitted repeated, duplicate applications.
Recommendation: wait. In accordance with the legislation, within five business days from the day the UAPF receives an electronic notification from the authorized operator, the UAPF transfers to the operator the amount of a one-time pension benefit for subsequent crediting to a special account of the contributor (beneficiary) opened by the authorized operator.
If the UAPF did not receive an electronic notification of the refusal to transfer the benefit with an indication of the reason for the refusal from the UAPF, the contributor should wait five business days before the date of transfer of the amount of savings to his special account and not submit repeated applications to the authorized operator.
Recall that if a contributor to the UAPF has an amount that exceeds the sufficiency threshold, an application for its use can be submitted an unlimited number of times. If, for any reason, the contributor was denied the application for a one-time pension benefit, then, having eliminated the reason for the denial, you can submit the application to the authorized operator again. If the contributor wishes to use his savings for different purposes, then separate applications for these purposes can be submitted within the limits of the amount available for withdrawal.
We also remind you that all issues related to filing an application and the conditions for the targeted use of pension savings to improve housing conditions and (or) payment for medical treatment are considered by the authorized operator on the basis of the “one window” principle and a separate appeal to the UAPF is not required.
The amount of pension savings of the contributors of the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund as of January 1, 2021 exceeded KZT12.9 trillion. As you know, this amount includes pension contributions and investment income.
For 12 months of 2020, a net investment income of KZT 1.2 trillion was credited to contributors' accounts, which is almost twice as much as in 2019 (net investment income from 01.01.2019 to 31.12.2019 amounted to KZT 641.8 billion). Note that the return for the year from 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020 was 10.92% with inflation of 7.5%.
Recall that pension contributions received on individual pension saving accounts (IPSA), which are kept by the UAPF, are invested by the fiduciary manager of pension assets - the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan - in various financial instruments.
The amount of pension savings of contributors (beneficiaries) is recalculated and revalued on a daily basis in accordance with the results of investment of pension assets. Investment income includes income in the form of remuneration on securities (deposits and other operations), income in the form of market revaluation of financial instruments, income in the form of foreign exchange revaluation, income on assets under external management, etc.
In general, the investment income provided by the National Bank since the merger of all pension assets in the UAPF amounted to about KZT 4.7 trillion. As of January 1, 2021, the share of net investment income in the total amount of pension savings is 34.5%.
If we take the period since the founding of the accumulative pension system in Kazakhstan in 1998, then the net investment income exceeded the mark of KZT 5.5 trillion. Investment return during this time with a cumulative total amounted to 602.90%. At the same time, inflation amounted to 496.65%. Thus, the real return on pension assets as of January 1, 2021 was 106.25%.
It should be emphasized that pension savings are long-term investments and it is advisable to analyze the amount of investment income for a period of at least 1 (one) year. Short-term data (daily, monthly, etc.) are not indicative, since depend on daily market conditions.
The entire system of investment management and accounting of pension assets is transparent: each contributor has the opportunity to see their investment income in their personal account on the enpf.kz website or in a mobile application. Information on the investment management of the UAPF's pension assets and the financial instruments in which the UAPF's pension assets are placed is published on the UAPF's official website (www.enpf.kz) in the Indicators / Investment Activity section.
UAPF was established on August 22, 2013 on the basis of GNPF APF JSC. The UAPF founder and shareholder is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan represented by the State Institution “Committee of State Property and Privatization” of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. UAPF pension assets are managed by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From January 1, 2016, the functions for developing proposals to improve the management of pension assets were transferred to the National Fund Management Council. In accordance with the pension legislation, the UAPF attracts compulsory pension contributions, compulsory occupational pension contributions, voluntary pension contributions, pension benefits, individual accounting of pension accumulations and benefits, provides the contributor (beneficiary) with information on the status of his pension accumulations (for more information visit www.enpf.kz)
As of September 1, 2020, the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund provided 11.8 million services to its contributors. Compared to the same period in 2019, the indicators decreased slightly by 0.9%. At the same time, despite the current epidemiological situation and the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic, in connection with which a number of restrictive measures were taken in order to prevent the spread of a dangerous virus and ensure the safety of workers and the population, UAPF contributors continued to receive services in full.
The UAPF managed to keep the volume of services rendered thanks to the well-functioning work of the Fund's electronic systems. Out of all services rendered as of September 1 of this year, 92.4% or 10.9 million transactions were carried out in online format. Compared to last year, the popularity of e-services increased by 13.2%. With the help of the Personal Account, which is both on the website and in the ENPF mobile application, most of our contributors, without leaving their homes, receive a whole range of services - this is receiving an extract from an individual retirement account, making changes and additions to their details, obtaining a certificate of availability of an IPSA, filing an application for the appointment of pension payments in connection with the establishment of permanent disability group 1 or 2, tracking the status of the application for benefit payment and (or) relocation, and much more.
After the relaxation of restrictive measures and with the opening of our branches in full-time operation with the observance of all security measures, such as pre-appointment, airing, wet cleaning and disinfection, some of the contributors are served in the offices of the Fund. For eight months of 2020, 820.8 thousand services were provided in our branches.
The UAPF also has field service departments, which as of September 1 provided 74.4 thousand services to the UAPF contributors. At the moment, these departments operate with the involvement of no more than 50% of the staff in compliance with strict sanitary and epidemiological measures. In this case, a preliminary consultation is carried out (including a check for the possibility of obtaining services online or in person). In the event of a need for field service for processing applications for opening individual pension saving accounts for accounting for compulsory occupational pension contributions (including applications for joining an agreement on pension provision at the expense of a compulsory occupational pension contributions) and servicing contributors (beneficiaries) belonging to the category of socially vulnerable segments of the population (disabled people of 1-2 groups), they carry out their visits in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological measures.
Let us remind you that some services of the UAPF can also be obtained in 300 branches of the national postal operator Kazpost JSC. In settlements where there are no UAPF service centers, contributors can now receive services, for the provision of which they previously had to go to the nearest large settlements. So, since the beginning of the year, 2392 services have been received by our contributors in Kazpost offices.
Note that one of the tasks of the UAPF is to provide quality consulting services and the development of information channels for the Fund's contributors and beneficiaries. So, for 8 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, the number of applications from contributors through feedback channels increased almost 2.4 times - 942.3 thousand calls in 2020, against 410.7 thousand calls for the same period in 2019.
Remind you that contributors and beneficiaries of the UAPF can get advice in the call center at 1418 (Calls within Kazakhstan are free), and consultations can be obtained on the corporate website www.enpf.kz, via a chat bot in WhatsApp and Viber at +7 777 000 14 18 and on the official pages of the UAPF in social networks Instagram, Facebook, VKontakte, Twitter Telegram, Odnoklassniki.
UAPF was established on August 22, 2013 on the basis of GNPF APF JSC. The UAPF founder and shareholder is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan represented by the State Institution “Committee of State Property and Privatization” of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. UAPF pension assets are managed by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From January 1, 2016, the functions for developing proposals to improve the management of pension assets were transferred to the National Fund Management Council. In accordance with the pension legislation, the UAPF attracts compulsory pension contributions, compulsory occupational pension contributions, voluntary pension contributions, pension benefits, individual accounting of pension accumulations and benefits, provides the contributor (beneficiary) with information on the status of his pension accumulations (for more information visit www.enpf.kz)