In Kazakhstan, the practice of "found a great specialist and immediately hired them" no longer works without consequences. Hiring an employee "through connections" or via third-party chats, bypassing the state platform Enbek.kz, now leads directly to fines, reports infohub.kz.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan stated that every vacancy must be posted on the Electronic Labor Exchange before a new person starts work.
According to the law, as soon as a workplace is vacated or created in a company, the HR department has exactly five working days to register this fact on Enbek.kz. The key point is that the publication must precede the actual signing of the contract.
If an enterprise ignores the requirement or forgets to submit data on planned staff reductions, it will first receive a warning, and then fines.
The second important block of the Ministry's clarification concerned those registered as unemployed and receiving state support. It will no longer be possible to trick the system and simultaneously receive benefits while working "on the sly."
The entire labor system in Kazakhstan is linked into a single digital network. The state learns about a person's employment automatically, even if the citizen "forgot" to visit the career center.
The system will automatically remove a citizen from the unemployment register as soon as:
1. An electronic contract is registered in the Unified System for Accounting of Labor Contracts (ESUTD).
2. The company makes the first mandatory pension contribution (OPV).
The Ministry emphasizes: the era of "gray" personnel movements has finally become a thing of the past.
As of August 1, 2026, 388,512 people have been employed in Kazakhstan. State measures to promote employment continue to show positive dynamics in all regions of the country.