Periods of time for preparatory and final work (obtaining a task assignment, materials, tools, familiarization with equipment, documentation, preparation and cleaning of a workplace, delivery of finished products, etc.), breaks provided for by technology, organization of labor; safety and labor protection rules; the time of presence or expectation of work at the workplace when the employee does not freely have his time; duty on holidays and weekends; duty at home, as well as other periods that, in accordance with labor and collective agreements, acts of the employer or regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, relate to working hours.

Working hours can be of normal duration, shortened duration and incomplete.

Normal working hours should not exceed 40 hours per week.

For employees under the age of eighteen, a reduced working time is established:

• for ages from fourteen to sixteen years – no more than 24 hours a week;
• for employees aged sixteen to eighteen years old – no more than 36 hours a week.

For employees engaged in heavy work, work with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions, a reduced working time of not more than 36 hours per week is established according to the List of industries, workshops, professions and positions, a list of heavy work, work with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions.

The nighttime is considered to be from 10pm to 6 am.

To work at night are not allowed:

• employees under the age of eighteen;
• pregnant women who have submitted a pregnancy certificate to the employer.

Engaging in overtime work is permitted only with the written consent of the employee, unless, Overtime work without the consent of the employee is allowed in the following cases:

1. in the performance of work necessary for the defense of the country, as well as for the prevention of emergency situations, natural disasters or industrial accidents or the immediate elimination of their consequences;
2. to eliminate other circumstances that violate the normal functioning of water supply, gas supply, heat supply, energy supply and other life support systems;
3. to continue work if the replacement employee did not appear, if the work does not allow a break, with immediate action to be replaced by another employee;
4. to provide urgent and emergency care to citizens who are at risk of loss of health or death.

The following employees are not allowed to work overtime:

1. pregnant women who provide the employer with a pregnancy certificate;
2. under the age of eighteen;
3. disabled people.

Overtime work should not exceed two hours for each employee during the day, and one hour for heavy work, work with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions.

The total duration of overtime work shall not exceed twelve hours per month and one hundred and twenty hours per year.

Types of rest time are:

1. Breaks during the working day (work shift):

Breaks for rest and eating. During the daily work (work shift), the employee should be given one break for rest and eating for at least half an hour. The break time for rest and eating is not included in working hours. In works where, under the conditions of production, a break is not possible, the employer must provide the employee with the opportunity to rest and eat during working hours in a specially equipped place. The list of such works, the procedure and place for rest and eating are established by a collective agreement or acts of the employer.

 Intra-shift and special breaks. On certain types of work, employees are provided with intra-shift breaks due to the technology and organization of production and labor, which are included in working hours. The types of these works, the duration and procedure for providing such breaks are determined by the collective agreement or acts of the employer.

Working women who have children under the age of one and a half years, fathers (adoptive parents), raising children under the age of one and a half years without a mother, are provided with additional breaks for feeding the child (children) at least every three hours of work of the following duration:

• having one child, – each break of at least thirty minutes;
• having two or more children, – each break for at least one hour.

2. daily (inter-shift) rest. The duration of the employee’s daily (inter-shift) rest between the end of work and its beginning on the next day (work shift) may not be less than twelve hours.
3. days off (rotational rest);
4. holidays;

Engaging in work on weekends and holidays without the consent of the employee is allowed in the following cases for:

• prevention of emergency situations, natural disasters or industrial accidents, or immediate elimination of their consequences;
• prevention and investigation of accidents related to work, loss of life or damage to property;
• performing urgent, unforeseen work, the urgent implementation of which in the future depends the normal work of the organization as a whole or its individual units.

5. Vacations

The following types of vacations are granted to employees:

1. paid annual labor leave;
2. social holidays.

The following types of paid annual leave are provided to employees:

1. The main paid annual leave. The main paid annual leave for employees is provided for a duration of twenty-four calendar days, unless a larger number of days is provided for by this Code, other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, labor and collective agreements and acts of the employer.
2. Additional paid annual labor leave. Employees engaged in heavy work, work with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions, lasting at least six calendar days according to the List of industries, workshops, professions and positions, a list of heavy work, work with harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions.

Additional paid annual leave is granted to employees whose work in difficult, harmful and (or) hazardous conditions is confirmed by the results of certification of production facilities under working conditions.

Social leave means the release of an employee from work for a certain period in order to create favorable conditions for motherhood, childcare, on-the-job education and other social purposes.

1. leave without pay;
2. study leave;
3. leave in relation with pregnancy and the birth of a child (children), adoption of a newborn child (children);
4. leave without preservation of wages to care for a child until he reaches the age of three years.