Hire employees in
Kazakhstan, hassle-free
Hire employees in Kazakhstan, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Kazakhstan. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
The average onboarding time frame in Kazakhstan is 7 days with Deel.
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Currency
Kazakhstani Tenge

Capital
Astana
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Official Language
Kazakh and Russian
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Payroll Cycle
Monthly
Hire employees in Kazakhstan. No entity needed.
Usually, to hire in Kazakhstan, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Kazakhstan also treats contractors differently than full-time employees, so misclassifying a contractor could lead to fines. Deel lets you hire employees in Kazakhstan quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more.
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All the necessary benefits for Kazakhstan
built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Kazakhstan within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.
- Pension
- Social Security
- Work Accident Insurance
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Kazakhstan
Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Kazakhstan
Minimum Wage Requirements
Individual Income Tax
Employer Cost
Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard work week is from Monday to Friday.
Overtime payment is mandatory. Hours outside of standard work hours are considered overtime. Employees can work a maximum of 2 hours of overtime a day and 12 hours over a month. For additional hours, employees are paid 150% of the hourly rate.
Maternity Leave
Employees are entitled to 126 days of paid leave. 70 days must be taken before the child's birth. The employee will receive 100% of the salary during this period, and the employer will be responsible for this pay.
Depending on the location of the employee, maternity leave can be extended to 160 days of paid leave.
Paternity Leave
Parental Leave
Sick Leave
Termination Requirements
Terminations in Kazakstan are complex. There is no at-will termination in Kazakstan for employers outside the probation period and termination must be done for just cause.
Compliant terminations include:
- Voluntarily by the employee
- By mutual agreement
- Unilaterally by the employer based on:
- probation period
- objective grounds
- disciplinary dismissal
- performance due to unsuitability for the job
- By the expiration of the contract
Notice Period
Severance for Employees
Paid Time Off
Public Holidays
Kazakhstan celebrates 16 National Holidays. National public holidays include:
- New Year's Day
- New Year Holiday
- New Year Holiday
- Orthodox Christmas Day
- International Women's Day
- Nauryz Holiday
- Kazakhstan People Solidarity Day
- Kazakhstan People Solidarity Day Holiday
- Defender's Day
- Victory Day
- Defender's Day Holiday
- Capital City Day
- Kurban Ait
- Constitution Day
- First President Day
- Independence Day (2 days)
Onboarding
Employment Contract Details
Contracts must be in Kazakh, and Russian and can be trilingual. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.
A contract must include:
- Parties’ details
- Employee’s position
- Place of work
- Term of agreement
- Start date
- Working hours and leisure time
- Salary
- Working conditions
- Employer’s duties and responsibilities
- Employee’s duties and responsibilities
- Termination terms
- Date and number of agreement
Probation Period
Hiring in Kazakhstan, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Kazakhstan. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing
international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
599 USD
Management fee
15.53%
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