As of November 1, 2023, the number of recipients of unemployment social payments from the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter referred to as the SSIF) amounted to 172.3 thousand people, while 166.3 thousand citizens were paid this year. The total amount of payments amounted to 37.8 billion tenge.

In accordance with current legislation, dismissed employees receive unemployment social payments from 1 to 6 months, depending on the length of service in the compulsory social insurance system and income for the last 24 months. The payment is made at the expense of the SSIF funds in the amount of up to 45% of the lost income.

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

- to log in on eGov.kz;

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

- order the service online by filling in all fields, and send an application by signing its EDS;

- within one day, the career center (hereinafter referred to as the CC) at 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 service can also be obtained online 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 will send an SMS message to the mobile phone confirming the consent to provide the service for assigning payment from the State Social Insurance Fund in a proactive format. If you agree, you must respond to the SMS message. The payment will be assigned automatically.

Let us remind you that social payments in case of job loss from the State Social Insurance Fund are provided regardless of the reasons for dismissal and are 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, declared in the Address to the People of Kazakhstan dated September 1, 2022, from January 1, 2023, the replacement rate for lost income was 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 unemployed status.

The increase in the amount of unemployment social payments also affected 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 launched functionality for the remote provision of services to employment centers through the Electronic Labor Exchange.

This made it possible to simplify the procedures for registering the unemployed and receiving government services to support employment, including social unemployment payments. Now everything can be done with only the Internet, a computer and an electronic digital signature.

Source: Internet resource of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/enbek/press/news/details/651478?lang=ru