Social workers' salaries increased in Kyrgyzstan
Wages for social security employees in Kyrgyzstan have been increased, the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration reported.
Wages for social security employees in Kyrgyzstan have been increased, the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration reported.
A ceremony was held at the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration of Kyrgyzstan to hand over 48 tons (720 kilograms) of dates as humanitarian aid from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to vulnerable groups.
The total number of unemployed people in Kyrgyzstan has reached 104,700, with the overall unemployment rate at 3.7 percent. These figures were announced by Kamchybek Dosmatov, Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Security, and Migration, during the Second National Forum «Employment, Skills, and the Future of Labor: Strengthening Public Employment Services and Informal Education in the Kyrgyz Republic.»
A job fair, Career Day, and Open Day will be held at K. Karasayev State University in Bishkek on April 23. The press service of the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration reported.
From Heart to Heart social and information fair will be held in Bishkek on May 16 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., timed to the Mother’s Day in the Kyrgyz Republic and World Hypertension Day, marked annually on May 17.
Citizens of Kyrgyzstan officially employed in South Korea, whose salaries are subject to deductions for the national pension system, are receiving lump sum payments upon their return home. Zhenishbek Mukambetov, head of the Social Fund’s Public Relations Department, announced on Birinchi Radio.
Authorities in Tajikistan have temporarily suspended pension payments to more than 14,000 people who failed to complete mandatory biometric identification procedures, according to the country’s Agency for Social Insurance and Pensions. The agency said that 14,022 pensioners did not complete the requ
At least 1,067 tons of food aid donated by the Russian Federation to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have arrived in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan has drafted legislative amendments aimed at simplifying the process for foreign citizens to obtain residence permits. Proposed changes to the law “On External Migration” were submitted for public discussion on April 27. The bill proposes eliminating the mandatory requirement to obtain imm
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