Article 20. Probation period for admission to the civil service of the Law on Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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 1. For citizens entering public service for the first time, a probation period is established in order to verify their compliance with their government positions. The condition for passing the probation period is provided for in the act of the state body on employment.

Citizens who were previously dismissed from public office based on the results of an assessment of their activities, probation, certification results, or for negative reasons and who re-enter public service, a probation period is mandatory.

There is no probation period for civil servants who have entered the political civil service, the administrative civil service of the "A" corps, and the elected akims.

For civil servants who have joined law enforcement and civil protection agencies, the probation period is established in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. The probation period does not include periods of absence of civil servants from work for valid reasons.

3. The probation period is three months.

In case of unsatisfactory result of the probation period, the probation period is extended for three months without repeated subsequent extension by decision of the official (body) having the right to appoint to a public position, or an official authorized by him.

The dismissal of a citizen based on the results of a probation period is carried out in coordination with the authorized body or its territorial subdivision.

3-1. When a citizen undergoing probation is appointed to another position without changing his functional duties, his probation period continues.

In case of appointment to a position with other functional responsibilities, a new probation period is established.

4. For the period of probation, including its extension, mentors are assigned to citizens who enter administrative public service for the first time.

This provision does not apply to citizens who apply for administrative government positions as heads of territorial divisions of central government bodies and their departments, regional executive bodies, executive bodies of cities of republican significance, the capital, funded from the local budget, district, city executive bodies, funded from the local budget.

5. The procedure and conditions for passing the probation period and the procedure for securing mentors are determined by the authorized body.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2015 No. 416-V SAM.

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