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Bill on entry of labor migrants arriving to prepare mass events reaches Russia’s State Duma

Russia’s Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday submitted a bill to make easier the rules governing the entry of labor migrants to Russia when those arrive to work in the framework of preparation of international sports competitions and other events to the State Duma.

11:39 04.08.2021

Russian Cabinet supports entry procedure for labor migrants arriving to prepare mass events

The Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative to make easier the rules governing the entry of labor migrants to Russia when those arrive to work in the framework of preparation of international sports competitions and other events.

14:40 26.07.2021

Three Russian Codes to be brought to conformity with Consitution - bill

The lower house of Russian parliament passed draft laws bringing Russia’s Land, Housing and Labor Codes into line with the Constitution in the first reading on Tuesday.

16:50 09.03.2021

Ex-policeman gets 4 years in jail for slave labour organization in Russia’s Tatarstan

A court in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan on Thursday sentenced ex-police officer Dinar Gafiyatov to 4 years in penal colony for organization of slave labour on a farm belonging to his father.

13:58 24.12.2020

Over 1,000 labour rights complaints filed with Russia’s Ombudsman in 2020

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received 1,392 labour rights complaints in 11 months of 2020.

12:11 24.12.2020

Prosecutors demand 14-year imprisonment for ex-policeman in slave labour case

Prosecutors have demanded 14 years in high-security penal colony for ex-police officer Dinar Gafiyatov accused of slave labour on a farm belonging to his father in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan.

17:22 26.11.2020

Russian courts grant 98% of employees’ claims in labour payment disputes

Russia’s courts granted 98% of employees’ claims in disputes over labour payments, Chair of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev said during a Chinese Forum on International Cooperation on Friday.

14:43 13.11.2020

Over 570,000 labor rights violations revealed in 2019 – Russian Prosecutor General

Prosecutor’s offices revealed over 570,000 violations of labor rights of Russian citizens in 2019, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov announced Wednesday.

17:27 17.06.2020

Russia’s lawmakers propose to register three types of remote work in Labor Code

The State Duma is to discuss a bill amending Russia’s Labor Code to the effect that it contained and regulated three types of teleworking and temporary remote work.

16:38 16.06.2020

Business ombudsman seeks for allowances to Russians on indefinite leave

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov believes businesses are to be allowed to put employees on indefinite leaves to be paid monthly statutory minimum wages by the state in order to save jobs.The ombudsman has formulated this initiative and a number of other measures aimed at changing the regulation of the economy in the time of the crisis he elaborated as a result of a massive survey of businesses across the country regions in his letter addressed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

10:24 07.04.2020