Labor Reforms Set Out Flexible Work Arrangements

Kazakhstan gives companies the flexibility to adopt a four-day workweek, stagger work schedules and offer job-sharing arrangements in certain circumstances.

Employer Action Code: Act

Recent amendments to the Labor Code allow employers to adopt a four-day workweek with employee consent; establish staggered work schedules in their work rules and enable job sharing (i.e., two employees jointly performing the same position) under certain conditions.

Key details

Four-day workweek

• The "normal" workweek of up to 40 hours may be distributed over four days (up to 10 hours each day), when mutually agreed upon by the employer and employee, with the possibility to alternate with a five-day or a six-day workweek. The limit on overtime is 12 hours per month and 120 hours per year (in addition to the existing cap of two hours per day).