In Aktau, a specialized inter-district administrative court heard a dispute between a limited liability partnership and the Department of the Committee for State Labor Inspection of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Mangystau Region. The company sought to challenge a conclusion issued by a state labor inspector on July 1, 2026, but the court sided with the supervisory authority, infohub.kz reports.

According to the official Telegram channel of the Mangystau Region courts, the case stemmed from an industrial accident. On December 14, 2024, an employee of the LLP fell while descending a staircase at the workplace and suffered a work-related injury.

An initial investigation by a commission found the employee 80% at fault and the employer 20% at fault. The employee, however, appealed the report drawn up by the employer. After reviewing the complaint, the chief state labor inspector of the Mangystau Region amended the report, setting the employee's fault at 0% and the employer's at 100%.

Disagreeing with that conclusion, the LLP went to court, arguing that the incident was caused by the employee being at the workplace while intoxicated. A representative of the defendant rejected the claim, explaining that the employee's consumption of alcohol at the workplace had not been documented and that the administrative offense proceedings had been terminated. Arguments were also presented that the employer had failed to properly ensure safety measures at the workplace.

After reviewing the case materials and the parties' arguments, the court concluded that there were no legal grounds to grant the administrative claim. Under Part 4 of Article 155 of the Administrative Procedural Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, if a court finds that the contested act was adopted within the relevant authority's competence and in accordance with the law, the claim is denied.

Following its review, the court refused the LLP's claim to declare unlawful and overturn the state labor inspector's conclusion of July 1, 2026.