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Women trade union leaders from Central Asia discuss promotion of equal opportunities

From February 23 to 27 Moldova’s capital Chisinau hosted a seminar entitled “Decent labour rights of women and promotion of equal opportunities: best practices and prospects.”

Kazakhstan ratifies ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has signed the Law to ratify the ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention No. 187.

Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action

The ILO-IPEC Project “Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action” organized two sub-regional workshops for tripartite participants from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan to provide free technical vocational education

Kazakhstan will provide free first technical vocational education. At a Cabinet meeting on September 23 Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov introduced a bill amending and supplementing several legal acts on education.

Kazakhstan: Majilis approved a bill to ratify the ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention

On September 10, the Majilis, lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, approved a bill to ratify the ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187).

Trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health at railways of CIS and Baltic states – seminar in Astana

On July 9, the first joint seminar for trade unions of railway workers from CIS and Baltic states ended its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. It focused on trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health and traffic safety at...

Roadmap of Kyrgyzstan's accession to Russia-led Customs Union approved

29 May 2014. A roadmap of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union [of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus] has been approved, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said.

ILO delegation visits Kazakhstan, takes part in VII Astana Economic Forum

On May 19-22 the ILO delegation led by Dimitrina Dimitrova, Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, visited Kazakhstan to take part in VII Astana Economic Forum and World...

Astana hosts 4th Kazakhstan International Occupational Safety and Health Conference and Exhibition KIOSH 2014

On April 24-25 Astana hosted the 4th Kazakhstan International Occupational Safety and Health Conference and Exhibition KIOSH 2014. It was devoted to the World Day for Safety and Health at Work marked on April 28.

New composition of Kazakh government approved

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers by signing a relevant decree, the country's presidency said.

About 20 000 jobs to be created to cater to EXPO-2017

Around 20 000 jobs will be created to cater to the EXPO-2017 to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital city, a Tengrinews.kz journalist reports, citing Talgat Ermegiyaev, Head of Astana Expo-2017 National Company.

Kazakhstan’s 2013 external debt figure grows from $136.922 billion to $148.753 billion

Kazakhstan’s external debt in 2013 grew from $136.922 billion to $148.753 billion, according to the country’s Central Bank.

Merger of pension funds to form a single entity complete in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan-based pension funds have united to form the State-run Single Pension Fund, a Tengrinews.kz journalist reports, citing Ruslan Erdenayev, vice chairman of the Fund’s Managing Board as saying at a round-table discussion.

Kazakhstan’s Labour Ministry and ILO to develop new approaches to calculating minimum subsistence level

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population together with the ILO plan to develop new approaches to methods of calculating the minimum subsistence level, chairman of the statistics agency Alikhan Smailov said on February 17.

Work payment for Kazakhstan citizens to depend on education and qualification level from 2015

The new model of work compensation in Kazakhstan to start from the 1st of July, 2015, the head of Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of population of Kazakhstan Tamara Duysenova said at the enlarged session of the Ministry regarding 2013...

Kazakh parliament starts working on ratification of two ILO wage conventions

On January 29, the Majilis, lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, started working on ratification of two ILO conventions – the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) and the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95).

Average wages in Kazakhstan rise by 7.6 per cent in 2013

Average salary of workers in Kazakhstan was 137,043 tenge [about 890 dollars] in December 2013, which is an increase of 7.6 per cent compared with December 2012.

Kazakhstan ratifies trade agreements within Customs Union

Kazakhstan has ratified an agreement on trade within the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz has reported, citing the press service of Akorda

About 500,000 Kyrgyzstanis- migrant workers in Kazakhstan

According to unofficial data, about 500,000 Kyrgyz citizens are currently in labor migration in Kazakhstan, Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan human rights movement reported.

Kazakhstan should aim to join top developed countries - leader

Kazakhstan needs to achieve a 60,000-dollar per capita mark, in order to join the list of 30 top developed countries, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said.