Gulzhana Dzhanpeisovna Karagusova member of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan from Nur Otan party. Has served as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection in the Government of Kazakhstan

Government of Kazakhstan

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan oversees a presidential republic. The President of Kazakhstan, currently Nursultan Nazarbayev, is head of state and nominates the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government...

 since 2001. She is a speaker for Kazakhstan's Economic Forum.

Pensions and salaries

Minister Karagusova announced on 2 March, 2005 that the Labor Ministry planned to raise pension

Pension

In general, a pension is an arrangement to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment. Pensions should not be confused with severance pay; the former is paid in regular installments, while the latter is paid in one lump sum.The terms retirement...

s by 1 July, as Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...

 had promised in his address to the people in February. She said pensions would increase by 3000 tenge to 12000 tenge monthly. On 1 July state employee salaries were increased by 32%. She met with Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

-Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars:*Viktor Radus-Zenkovich *Mukhamedkhafiy Murzagaliyev *Saken Seyfullin *Nygmet Nurmakov...

 Daniyal Akhmetov

Daniyal Akhmetov

Daniyal Kenzhetayuly Akhmetov has served as the Minister of Defense and Gm/fr/neeneral of the Army of Kazakhstan since Prime Minister Karim Massimov appointed him on 10 January 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister from 13 June 2003 to 9 January 2007...

 on 12 July, 2006 and discussed how the aging of citizenry would affect the pension system.

Labor legislation

She gave a speech entitled "Reforming of the Kazakhstani Labor Legislation" on 27 April, 2005 in the Belvedere Restaurant of the Regent Almaty hotel in an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan.

Economic rights

Karagusova and Bolat Baikadamov, Kazakhstan's Human Rights

Human rights

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 Ombudsman

Ombudsman

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 signed an agreement on 13 May, 2004 placing a greater emphasis on protecting citizens' economic and social rights and setting the stage for changing Kazakh legislation so it conforms to international standards.

International Labor Organization

On 25 June, 2004 she oversaw the signing of a protocol of cooperation between the Kazakh OSH Center and the International Labor Organization's OSH center network. The Kazakh Government sent a delegation headed by Karagusova to the General Conference of the ILO in Geneva

Geneva

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 from 31 May–16 June, 2005. Delegations discussed child labor

Child labor

Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries...

, human trafficking

Human trafficking

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...

, and worker safety and security among other topics. Karagusova met with F. Bottler, Executive Secretary of the ILO, Turin J. Tremo, Executive Manager of the International Labor Bureau and Director of the Education Center, delegates from Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

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, Montenegro

Montenegro

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, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Serbia

Serbia

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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, Estonia

Estonia

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, and Ambassador D. Stephenson, Permanent Representative of Canada

Canada

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 in international organizations in Geneva. Ambassador Stephenson and Karagusova discussed possible membership for Kazakhstan in the World Trade Organization

World Trade Organization

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. She

Work Permits

Karagusova decided to issue more work permits to foreign workers in January 2006 after the European Business Association of Kazakhstan (EUROBAK) sent her letters, trying to convince her of the need.

Asian Development Bank

Marita Magpili-Jimenez, Executive Director for the Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...

 in Kazakhstan, visited Kazakhstan from 21–22 April. Director Magpili-Jimenez said, "Cooperation with Kazakhstan pursues long-term development." She met with Karagusova, Arman Dunayev

Arman Dunayev

Arman Dunayev previously served as the Finance Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan. He replaced Yerbolat Dosayev on 5 April 2004.-References:...

, Kazakh Minister of Finance and ADB Governor for Kazakhstan, Sauat Mynbayev, Deputy Prime Minister and concurrent Minister of Industry and Trade, and Aitkul Samakova, Minister of Environmental Protection.