Article 66. Terms of imposition and effect of disciplinary punishment of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Disciplinary action against an employee is imposed immediately upon the discovery of a disciplinary offense, but not later than one month from the date of its discovery, except for the cases provided for in paragraph 4 of Article 65 of this Code and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In the cases provided for in Article 176 of this Code, disciplinary penalties shall be imposed no later than one month from the date of entry into force of a court decision declaring a strike illegal.

2. Disciplinary punishment may not be applied later than six months from the date of the commission of a disciplinary offense, and in cases established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or the establishment of a disciplinary offense based on the results of an audit or audit of the financial and economic activities of the employer - later than one year from the date of the employee's commission of a disciplinary offense.

3. Consideration of the issue of disciplinary responsibility and the duration of the disciplinary penalty shall be suspended during the period of:

1) absence of an employee at work due to temporary disability;

2) exemption from work in order to fulfill state or public duties;

3) being on vacation, business trip, or off-duty vacation;

4) proceedings in a criminal case, a case of an administrative offense, as well as before the entry into force of a judicial act or an act of an official authorized to consider cases of administrative offenses affecting the resolution of the issue of disciplinary responsibility of an employee;

5) finding an employee for training, retraining, advanced training courses and internships;

6) an employee's judicial appeal against the employer's acts of committing a disciplinary offense;

7) conducting an investigation of an accident related to work in relation to persons who have committed violations of occupational safety and health requirements.

8) recognition of professional qualifications in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Professional Qualifications";

9) the presence of an employee undergoing military service in the reserve, in classes or training camps for combat training, crisis training camps.

10) the presence of an employee as a volunteer firefighter at events to prevent and extinguish steppe fires, as well as fires in organizations and settlements.

4. The period of validity of a disciplinary penalty may not exceed six months from the date of its application, with the exception of termination of an employment contract on the grounds provided for in this Code.

5. An employer who has imposed a disciplinary penalty on an employee has the right to remove it prematurely by issuing an act of the employer.

The Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2015.

Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2015

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