Annual Report for 2024 NEXT GENERATION NETWORK FOR YOUR PRESENT

Employee Social Protection

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The Company provides its employees with a comprehensive benefits package that includes regular assistance and support, as well as one-time financial aid in unforeseen or difficult life situations. 

Key forms of assistance include:

  • One-time financial support in the event of the death of an employee or their immediate family member
  • One-time financial assistance to employees raising children with disabilities
  • One-time financial assistance to employees with disabilities
  • Financial support for minor children of deceased Company employees
  • For female employees with more than three years of service, the Company offers a maternity benefit in addition to the standard government allowance during maternity leave.
Employee Benefits Package at Kcell JSC

Type of Benefit

Applicable Circumstances

Eligibility Requirements

Financial Assistance

In the event of the death of an employee’s close relative

After completion of probation period

In the event of an employee’s death

To employees with disabilities

To employees raising children with disabilities

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Sick Leave

Up to 10 working days per year compensated at 80 % of the base salary

 

Transportation

Shuttle service for employees working night shifts (11:00 PM to 6:00 AM)

 

Shuttle service for employees working outside city limits

Medical Insurance

Annual limit of up to 220,000 tenge

After completion of probation period

Mobile Services

Corporate plan or mobile service reimbursement, depending on role and project

 

Fuel

Fuel card for employees who use a personal vehicle for work-related travel

 

Taxi Reimbursement

For employees without a personal vehicle engaged in work-related travel

 

In 2024, the total amount of financial assistance provided by the Company reached 156,482 thousand tenge, benefitting 130 employees.

Financial Assistance Payments in 2024

 

Amount (KZT thousand)

Number of Recipients

Assistance due to the death of a close relative

16,813

47

Assistance for employees with disabilities

26,344

21

Assistance for employees raising children with disabilities

56,000

41

Assistance for medical treatment

29,730

2

Assistance for hospitalisation and/or surgery

26,345

18

Financial assistance for major repairs or complete
restoration of housing

1,250

1

Total

156,482 

130

The Company employs 21 individuals with disabilities and 41 employees raising children with disabilities. Each year, employees in these categories receive financial assistance, which in 2024 totaled KZT 112,073,686 (including taxes and other mandatory payments). To protect motherhood and childhood, the Company pays the difference in maternity benefits to employees who have been with the Company for more than three years (maintaining their average salary minus the amount of the social allowance for loss of income due to pregnancy and childbirth or the adoption of a newborn child (children), in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on mandatory social insurance). The total amount of maternity-related benefits in 2024 amounted to KZT 11.3 million (compared to KZT 15.8 million in 2023 and KZT 13.1 million in 2022).