Draft regulations necessary for Employment 2020 program realization approved
12:00, 11 July 2011
ASTANA. July 11. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ Today the Kazakh Government has approved five draft regulations essential for Employment 2020 program realization.
Labor and Social Protection Minister Gulshara Abdykalikova setting forward the program's key points, reminded that the Parliament considered the draft law on amendments to some legislative acts of Kazakhstan on employment and social protection. On June 27 the Head of State signed the law.
The law foresees conceptually new approaches in the sphere of employment.
It is believed the program will embrace up to one and a half million people by 2015. The main goal is to reduce both poverty and unemployment rates up to 6% and 5.5% correspondingly.