Collective agreement
On 20 June 2025, the Company concluded a Collective Labor Agreement with Almaty Electric Stations JSC for 2025-2028 – a legal act in the form of a written agreement regulating social and labor relations in the organization.
This eighth edition of the main social partnership document was developed, agreed upon and concluded as a result of the work of a Bilateral Commission, created on a parity basis from representatives of the Employees (8 Chairmen of the Trade Union Committees of the Company’s structural divisions – members of the Public Association “Local Trade Union ‘Energia’) and representatives of the Employer (8 heads of departments headed by the Chairman of the Board).
Previous versions of the AlES JSC Collective Labor Agreement have been recognized three times as among the best in the Republic of Kazakhstan:
– as the winner of the ‘Best Collective Labor Agreement among Large Enterprises’ category of the ‘Paryz-2015’ competition;
– with letters of appreciation from the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Akimat of the city of Almaty based on the results of the ‘Paryz-2020’ competition;
– with a letter of appreciation from the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan based on the results of the ‘Paryz-2023’ competition.
When preparing proposals for amendments and additions to the previous version of the Collective Labor Agreement, the Parties were guided by:
– the basic principles of labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including the principles of prohibition of discrimination in the field of labor, mutual responsibility of the parties, voluntariness of mutual obligations, reality of their fulfillment and mandatory enforcement;
– the need to improve the position of employees in comparison with the norms of the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, general, sectoral and regional social partnership agreements, and the previous version of the Collective Labor Agreement.
The Collective Labor Agreement defines and establishes the obligations of the Employer, AlES JSC, to resolve labor and socio-economic issues of the members of the labour 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 Labor Agreement of AlES JSC consists of 13 sections. These sections regulate labor relations, working hours and rest periods, remuneration, health and safety conditions, material liability of the parties, incentives, social benefits, guarantees and compensation, the consideration of individual labour disputes and other issues, as detailed in 11 appendices.
The following major changes and additions were made to the updated version of the AlES JSC Collective Labor Agreement for 2025-2028:
1. Starting from January 1, 2026 increase in the amounts of:
– the minimum amount of the one-time health allowance (financial assistance for leave).
2. Starting from 1 July 2025 January increase in the amounts:
– financial assistance for the birth of a child;
– financial assistance related to the death of close relatives of Employees: spouse(s), children, parents; brothers, sisters (full and half-siblings), grandchildren;
– one-time incentives in connection with anniversaries (50, 60 years) with continuous service in the electric power industry;
– one-time cash incentives for employees who have been awarded state and departmental awards, medals from non-profit and other organizations, honorary titles, certificates of honor and gratitude, inclusion on the Honor Boards, winners of various competitions and contests (depending on the status of the awards);
– maximum financial assistance to the Company’s pensioners in connection with their difficult financial situation;
– one-time rewards to the Company’s pensioners on the professional holiday ‘Power engineer’s Day’ (depending on their continuous length of service at energy enterprises).
3. Inclusion of additional obligations of the Employer from 1 July 2025:
– payment of compensation for the purchase of school supplies for school-age children from grades 1 to 11 by 1 September: single mothers and fathers (parents of a child who are not legally married and who do not receive child support), as well as one of the parents of a large family (with four or more minor children living together) working in the Company for each child;
– the provision of social leave with retention of average earnings to one of the parents (guardian) raising a child with a disability under the age of 18 – two calendar days during the year.
4. Inclusion of additional obligations of the Trade Union from 1 July 2025:
– on monthly payment to technical inspectors for safety and labor protection for their public control functions in the field of safety and labor protection at the expense of trade union membership fees.
5. Additions and amendments to the ‘Standards for the issuance of special clothing and other personal protective equipment to employees of AlES JSC in a number of areas regarding clarifications and expansions of the range of special clothing, special footwear and other personal protective equipment provided to the Company’s employees, as well as the established terms of their use.
6. A number of other provisions that improve the position of employees in comparison with the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, general, industry and regional agreements, and the previous version of the Collective Labor Agreement.
The Collective Labor Agreement of AlES JSC for 2025-2028, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 11 of Article 156 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, underwent monitoring and registration with the State Labor Inspection Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the city of Almaty (reg. №KD 48 dated 24 June 2025), came into force on 1 July 2025 with a term of validity until 30 June 2028 and applies to all members of the Company’s labor staff.
For failure to fulfill or violation of obligations under the Collective Labor Agreement, Part 3 of Article 97 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offences establishes administrative liability in the form of a fine of 400 MCI for persons guilty of failure to fulfill obligations under the Collective Labor Agreement.