New Work Permit Rules: Step Forward Or Step Back?

Work Permit Rules have been under discussion for a long time, and their publication on October 6 in the electronic data base was not a surprise. However, what was a surprise is that apparently they were adopted by the Order of the acting RK Minister of Healthcare and Social Protection No. 559 on 27 June 2016. It is not clear why the Rules have remained unpublished for so long. We can only guess that the reason could be  the fact that the recent legislative change shifting authority to adopt such rules from the Government to the Ministry will enter into force only on 1 January 2017. It is yet to be seen how exactly the authorities will justify this discrepancy.

The new work permit rules¹ (New Work Permit Rules) will become effective starting from 1 January 2017.