In the fourth quarter of 2017, 200,000 people were dismissed from large and medium-sized enterprises and organizations for various reasons. And 189,5 thousand people received job. This was reported by the Statistical Committee.

The proportion of the dismissed people who did not settle in one work place was 77,4%. 6,8% were dismissed due to the reduction of the number of employees or the closing of the company. For other reasons, those who lost their jobs accounted for 15,8%.

By the end of the fourth quarter of 2017, large and medium-sized enterprises reported 27,3 thousand vacancies.

The list of regions where the number of dismissed workers was much more: Astana, Almaty and South Kazakhstan.

Translated by Nazerke Syundyukova

“The Qazaq Times”