Kazakhstani employers attract labor migrants from China, Turkey and Uzbekistan mainly

Almaty. February 13. Silkroadnews – Last year Kazakhstani employers mainly attracted labor migrants from China, Turkey and Uzbekistan, press service of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population informed.

“Last year foreign labor was attracted by nearly 3.768 thousand employers who also have worked with 470.398 thousand of Kazakhstani citizens that accounted for 94% of the total number of employees. The countries of origin for labor migrants are mainly China – 12.699 thousand people, Turkey – 3.502 thousand people, Uzbekistan – 1.564 thousand people, United Kingdom – 1.474 thousand people and India – 1.388 thousand people”, press-release said on Monday.

In total, according to the agency, in 2016 the local executive bodies provided the employers with 36.792 labor permits to hire foreign labor for work in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

To remind, starting from January 1, 2017, Kazakhstan introduced a new simplified regime to attract foreign labor. This newly introduced regime reduces terms for labor permit issuing and cancels the administrative requirements for employers. Instead, the employers must pay the tax levy. The tax rates are set within the range from 137 to 250 monthly calculation indices (MCI), depending on category of foreign labor and the industry in case. With this the employers are also to comply with the number of locally recruited personnel requirements: for managers and their deputies – local staff should account for not less than 70% of number of persons employed; for professionals and skilled workers – not less than 90%.

1 MCI = 2269 tenge