As of July 1, 2023, the number of recipients of unemployment social benefits from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter SSIF) amounted to 110.6 thousand people, while 97.4 thousand citizens were paid this year. In accordance with the current legislation, dismissed employees receive unemployment social benefits from 1 to 6 months, depending on the length of participation in the compulsory social insurance system and income for the last 24 months. The payment is made by the SSIF in the amount of up to 45% of the lost income.

To assign a benefit to a dismissed employee, it is necessary to:

- log in to the eGov portal.kz;

- select the service "Registration of job seekers" in the section "Employment and Occupancy";

- order the service online by filling in all the fields, and send an application by signing with Electronic Digital Signature;

- within one day, the career center (hereinafter referred to as CC) according to the applicant's place of residence will offer vacancies;

- if a job is not found, the status of unemployed will be assigned remotely within 3 working days (if necessary, an employee of the CC will contact the applicant to collect additional information).

This online service can also be obtained through the Electronic Labor Exchange (enbek.kz ).

If there is information about registration as an unemployed person, the information system of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population (MLSPP) will send an SMS message to the mobile phone for consent to the provision of services for the purpose of payment from the State Social Insurance Fund in a proactive format. If you agree, you must reply to the SMS message. The payment will be assigned automatically.

Just to remind, unemployment social benefit from the SSIF is carried out regardless the reasons for dismissal and is intended to support an unemployed person during the period when he is looking for a job.

In order to implement the instructions of the Head of the State, announced in the Address to the People of Kazakhstan dated September 1, 2022, from January 1, 2023, the replacement rate of income lost has been increased from 40% to 45%. At the same time, the current procedure for assigning payments has been preserved and applies only to participants in the social insurance system who have lost their jobs and received the status of unemployed.

The increase of the amount of unemployment social benefit has also affected existing recipients by January 1, 2023, which was made automatically.

As previously reported, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the RK has launched a function for remote provision of services to employment centers through an Electronic labor Exchange.

This made possible to simplify the procedures for registering the unemployed and obtain state employment support services, including unemployment social benefit. Now everything can be done with only the Internet, a computer and an Electronic Digital Signature.

Source: Internet resource of the MLSPP of the RK https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/enbek/press/news/details/589045?lang=ru