Аңдатпа
The labor problems of mining and metallurgical complex are an urgent issue of the industrial sector in Kazakhstani economy. Sometimes it includes not only social problems, but also possibility of economic risks from industry's decline, due to the lack of desire among the population to work in its conditions. Many researchers see the essence of this problem in legal regulation of social issues in this area. The purpose of this research is to review and analyze current collective agreement for employees of the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant of “Qarmet” JSC, inherited by the enterprise from the previous owner, which was “ArcelorMittal Temirtau” JSC. Due to the fact, that this company is going to prepare a new collective agreement for 2025, it will be the right decision to analyze the imperfect aspects of its current model and describe some ways to correct them. This is a point of scientific novelty of the study. This should be done in order to avoid duplication of the issues of previous agreement in terms of granting employees by appropriate rights and their compliance monitoring. Authors used the following methods to implement this research: employee questionnaires, a comparative legal method for analyzing the provisions of a collective agreement. The results of research revealed the desire of employees to change provisions of the collective agreement on wages and social guarantees. Collective agreement of the last corporate period (which one still has its legal force), identifies some regulatory aspects, that impede the qualitative development for employees human capital. Recommendations for its resolution were presented in the article on this issue.