Legal regulation of labor discrimination in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article considers the problematic aspects of protection against discrimination in the workplace from the point of view of compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, international practice and law enforcement practice with international labor standards. The authors give considerations about the need to increase responsibility for discrimination and the adoption of strict rules and make amendments to the labor legislation imposing the responsibility of the employer for discriminating an employee in labor relations. Also the article analyses different grounds for discrimination, considers its types and definitions. Authors have taken several foreign states which have the bright example of decent labor legislation that we are expected to reach.