During the summer holidays, many schoolchildren and students strive to gain their first work experience, acquire professional skills and earn money on their own. The State supports temporary employment of young people, but the involvement of minors in labor should be carried out only within the framework of the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In accordance with article 31 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the conclusion of an employment contract is allowed to citizens who have reached the age of sixteen. In addition, the legislation provides for conditions that allow for the earlier occurrence of an employment relationship. In particular, an employment contract may be concluded with citizens who have reached the age of fifteen, as well as with students who have reached the age of fourteen, to perform light work in their free time, subject to the written consent of the parent, adoptive parent or guardian.
If a teenager works on the basis of an employment contract:
- wages are accrued;
- work experience is taken into account;
- the data is entered in the ESEABS;
- mandatory payments and transfers provided for by law.
Obligations of the employer when hiring a teenager:
- conclusion of a written employment contract;
- obtaining written parental consent for employees aged 14-15 years in cases stipulated by law.;
- issue a job placement order;
- entering information into the EDI;
- conducting safety and labor protection training;
- ensuring compliance with reduced working hours;
- do not involve teenagers in heavy, harmful, dangerous work, night and overtime work.
In accordance with subitems 1,2 of paragraph 1 of Article 69 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, shorter working hours have been established for minors.:
Under 16 years of age-no more than 24 hours per week;
From 16 to 18 years – no more than 36 hours per week.
Minors are provided with annual paid leave (at least 24 calendar days).
Minors in accordance with subparagraph 2) paragraph 1 of Article 26 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
- work at night;
- to perform heavy and harmful work;
- work overtime;
- it is forbidden to engage in work that threatens health and moral development.
In addition, restrictions on the use of underage workers in accordance with the requirements of the "on approval of the list of jobs for which the use of labor by workers under the age of eighteen is prohibited, as well as the maximum lifting and moving standards for heavy objects for workers under the age of eighteen", approved by the order of the Minister of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 944 has been in use since December 8, 2015.