As of August 1, 2023, the number of recipients of social payments in case of job loss from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter referred to as the SSIF) amounted to 126.7 thousand people, where 111.5 thousand citizens were paid this year.
In accordance with the current legislation, dismissed employees receive unemployment social payment 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 at the expense of the SSIF in the amount of up to 45% of the lost income.
To assign the payment to a dismissed employee , it is necessary:
- log in to the portal eGov.kz;
- in the section "Employment and occupation" select the service "Registration of job seekers";
- order the service online by filling in all the fields, and send the application by signing it with Electronic Digital Signature ;
- within one day the career center (hereinafter - the CC) will offer vacancies at the applicant's place of residence;
- 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 MLSPP will send an SMS to the mobile phone for consent to provide services for the purpose of payment from the SSIF in a proactive format. If you agree, you must reply to the SMS . The payout will be assigned automatically.
As a reminder, unemployment social payment at the expense of the SSIF is carried out regardless of 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 order of the Head of State, announced in the Address to the People of Kazakhstan dated September 1, 2022, from January 1, 2023, the replacement rate of lost income 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 in the amount of unemployment social payments affected the existing recipients as of January 1, 2023, which was made automatically.
As previously reported, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan has launched a function for remote provision of services to employment centers through an Electronic labor Exchange.
This made it possible to simplify the procedures for registering the unemployed and obtaining state employment support services, including unemployment social payments. Now everything can be done using 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/601684?lang=ru