According to the order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 31, 2024 No. 288, from January 1, 2025, some changes are introduced for the state service "Issuance, extension and revocation of a permit for a labor immigrant".
Thus, according to the changes, an employer who attracts a labor immigrant who has received a permit enters information about the conclusion of an employment contract into the unified system of accounting for employment contracts in accordance with subparagraph 27) of paragraph 2 of Article 23 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan or conclude an employment contract on the web portal "hr.enbek.kz ".
In July 2024, the functionality of concluding electronic employment contracts with a labor immigrant was launched on the Portal of Labor Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The functionality will allow citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan to hire a labor immigrant from neighboring countries by signing an employment contract with him in electronic format.
The mechanism of conclusion is as follows:
a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Employer) registers on the HR Enbek portal under the role of an employer;
creates a draft of an electronic employment contract using the constructor, or by attaching your own file;
the contract is sent to the employee (labor immigrant) for signature;
the employee receives a notification in his personal account on the portal, in the Enbek HR mobile application, in the eGov Mobile mobile application (signing methods: using EDS on the portal, using QR on the portal, in the mobile application);
the employer receives a notification in his personal account on the portal (signing methods: using EDS on the portal, using QR on the portal).
After the parties sign an electronic employment contract, it is automatically sent for registration to the Unified Labor Contract Accounting System (UES), after which this electronic document is considered concluded and has legal force.
The advantages of the functionality are as follows
: the portal allows the parties to conclude employment contracts online, without the need to use paper media;
Electronic employment contracts can speed up the signing process and reduce the time required for signing.
If the employment contracts are not entered into the ECUDT, it will subsequently lead to the refusal of foreigners to obtain a temporary residence permit.