Last Change:
06/16/2025
The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On State Social Insurance
Original names of the law: Кыргыз Республикасынын Мамлекеттик социалдык камсыздандыруу жөнүндө Мыйзамы
Year: 1996
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Social protection
Description
The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 20, "On State Social Insurance," dd. June 17, 1996, establishes the legal, economic, and organizational foundations for state social insurance for citizens. This mandatory system guarantees benefits to insured individuals who lose earnings due to work-related injury, occupational disease, disability, old age, loss of a breadwinner, or death, funded by compulsory contributions from employers and citizens.
Selected provisions
The following persons are subject to state social insurance:
Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic who are in employment relationships (hereinafter referred to as employees);
Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic who carry out labor activities under other conditions (individual entrepreneurs and individuals, including those who carry out individual labor activities) in the event of payment of insurance premiums by them;
Stateless persons and foreign citizens - equally with citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic on the terms stipulated by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the sphere of state social insurance and international treaties that have entered into force in the manner prescribed by law, to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party;
Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic working in international organizations, diplomatic institutions and missions;
citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic sent in the established manner to work abroad on the basis of international treaties that have entered into force in the manner established by law, to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party.