Collective agreement

On May 31, 2022, the Company concluded a Collective Agreement of Almaty Electric Power Plants JSC for 2022-2025 – a legal act in the form of a written agreement regulating social and labor relations in the organization.

This social partnership document was developed, agreed upon and concluded as a result of the work of the Bilateral Commission,
created on a parity basis from representatives of Workers (8 Chairmen of Trade Union Committees of structural divisions of the Company – members of the Public Association “Local Trade Union “Energy”) and representatives of the Employer (8 managers in areas of activity, headed by the Chairman of the Board).
When preparing proposals for changes and additions to the previous version of the Collective Agreement, the Parties were guided by:

– the basic principles of the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including the principles of prohibition of discrimination in the sphere of labor, mutual responsibility of the parties, voluntariness of accepting mutual obligations,
the reality of their provision and mandatory implementation;
– the need to improve the situation of workers in comparison with the norms of the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, General, sectoral and regional social partnership agreements;
– by order of the Chairman of the Board of Samruk JSC
Kazyna” on the revision of the social package of employees towards improvement (according to paragraph 2 of the “Comprehensive Plan for Ensuring Social Stability in the Group of Companies of Samruk-Kazyna JSC for 2022”, approved on February 25, 2022 No. 9-r).
The Collective Agreement clearly defines and establishes the obligations of the Employer – AlES JSC to resolve labor and socio-economic issues of the members of the labor collective, on the one hand, and the obligations of the members of the labor collective to ensure the rights and interests of the Employer, on the other hand.
The collective agreement of AlES JSC applies to all members of the AlES JSC labor collective.

In accordance with the Collective Agreement, the Public Association “Local Trade Union “Energy” has the right to:

representation and protection of labor and socio-economic rights and interests of members of the labor collective of AlES JSC;
requesting and receiving from the Employer complete and reliable information necessary for collective bargaining, monitoring the progress of implementation of the Collective Agreement, compliance with labor legislation, trade unions, labor safety and health;
agreement with the Employer on changes and additions to the current Collective Agreement;
unhindered visits by their representatives to the workplaces of members of the labor collective of AlES JSC.

The norms of the Collective Agreement of AlES JSC establish that the Parties undertake:

strictly comply with the terms of the Collective Agreement;
build your relationships based on the principles of social partnership, equality and respect for the interests of the parties, avoid confrontation, resolve all controversial issues only within the company through negotiations and consultations;
ensure the priority of the life and health of Employees in production activities;
ensure equal rights and opportunities for Employees, do not allow any forms of discrimination based on national origin, language, age, gender, property or official status, distribution of homogeneous categories of personnel in the accounting system into production or administrative, place of residence,
attitudes towards religion, beliefs, citizenship and public associations, as well as other circumstances not related to the employee’s business qualities and the results of his work.

The collective agreement of AlES JSC includes 13 sections. These are sections of the Collective Agreement on the regulation of labor relations,
working time and rest time, remuneration, labor safety and health conditions, financial liability of the parties, types of incentives and social guarantees, and so on, which are detailed in 11 appendices.
The collective agreement of AlES JSC for 2022 – 2025, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 11 of Article 156 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, passed the monitoring and registration procedure in the KSU “Almaty City Labor Inspection Department” (reg. No. 24 dated June 24, 2022) , entered into force on June 1, 2022 and is valid until May 31, 2025.
For failure to fulfill or violation of obligations under the Collective Agreement, Part 3 of Article 97 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses establishes administrative liability in the form of a fine for persons guilty of failure to fulfill obligations under the Collective Agreement in the amount of 400 MCI.
Previous editions of the Collective Agreement of AlES JSC were twice noted as one of the best in the Republic of Kazakhstan (winner of the nomination “Best Collective Agreement among Large Business Entities” of the “Paryz-2015” competition,
Letters of gratitude from the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Akimat of the city of Almaty based on the results of the “Paryz-2020” competition).