As of September 1, 2023, the number of recipients of unemployment social payments from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter referred to as the SSIF) amounted to 140.5 thousand people, while 127.7 thousand citizens were paid this year.

In accordance with the current legislation, dismissed employees receive social payments for job loss 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 a payment to a dismissed employee , it is necessary:

- log in to the portal eGov.kz;

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

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 SSIF 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 payment 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 payment 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 payment. 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/617607?lang=ru