For 7 months of the current year wage arrears amounting to more than 1.6 billion tenge were paid

To date, in the framework of the execution of the order of the Head of State, reflected in the program "Social modernization of Kazakhstan: Twenty steps to the Society of General Labor", active work is continuing to encourage employers and employees to comply with the labor laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

As part of this work, since the beginning of the year the rights of more than 14,000 employees have been protected, which paid 1.6 billion tenge of wage arrears.

In March of this year, the nationwide action "Conclude an employment contract" was launched. As a result of the action, more than 7.5 thousand employers have concluded more than 30 thousand labor contracts with employees who previously worked without employment contracts, and therefore had no state guarantees.

Between the akimats of the regions and employers, more than 115 thousand memorandums have been concluded on the issues of stabilization of production processes, provision of labor rights and employment of workers. These measures will save jobs for more than 2.8 million workers. In order to avoid the massive release of workers, Road Maps have been signed for their controlled flow with 95 large enterprises, employing over 135,000 workers.

As of August 1 of this year, the system of collective agreements covers 79.4 thousand enterprises, which is 34% of the total number of enterprises. At the same time, 90.1% of large and medium-sized enterprises have collective agreements.

In addition, active work is being carried out to create safe working conditions and prevent occupational injuries. Thus, employers, together with trade unions, created over 12,000 industrial councils for labor safety and protection, more than 1.5 thousand employers conducted job certification.

It is important to note that due to the measures taken, in recent years the number of labor conflicts has decreased by more than 5 times compared to 2013.