Ulan Batenov, Manager of Legal Department of MinTax LLP, in his article considers some changes introduced to the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK) by the RoK Law #321-VІ ZRK dated 4 May 2020.

The reason for writing this article, as mentioned in the introduction, were the numerous changes made to the RoK Labor Code #414-V ZRK dated 23 November 2015  (the “Labor Code”) and not alone, by the RoK Law #321-VІ ZRK dated 4 May 2020  “On Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the RoK on Labour Issues” (the “Law”).

The amendments to the Labor Code and the adoption of this Law have been actively discussed and covered in the press since the end of last year. Repeatedly, representatives of the relevant department and other concerned bodies clarified what kind of changes were expected, read more