Amendments to the Labour Code of Kazakhstan which came into
effect on 1 January 2016, clearly favour employers.
Labour Code amendments signed by the President of the Republic
of Kazakhstan in November last year have been in effect since 1
January 2016, and clearly favour employers.
The most prominent changes in the labour code are as
follows:
Termination
- The termination notice period for the
employee can be extended beyond one month
- An employees' application for
reassignment can be recalled only with employer consent
- The employer is no longer required to
notify an employee on probation seven calendar days prior to the
cancellation of their labour agreement
- Under certain circumstances,
employees can be reallocated to another employer and their existing
labour agreement terminated
