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The Russian government has established a new sectoral public holiday – Pharmaceutical’s Worker Day …

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New Decrees covering the Moscow region require that at least 60% of trade and service employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 …

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To cope with the sometimes severe shortage of labour, particularly in construction, and also rising wage costs, the government is currently considering the deployment of 190,000 of Russia’s 483,000 prisoners to form huge enforced labour camps …

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The internationally respected German broadcaster and news agency Deutsche Welle has reported that a number of France’s leading social media influencers have been approached by a Russian news agency with lucrative offers for sewing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine produced by BioNTech-Pfizer (B-P) …

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The Russian Federal Service for Labour and Employment has advised employers that any employee returning to Russia from abroad must be required to self-isolate and work on a teleworking basis until a negative test result is issued …

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Draft legislation has just been drawn up and is awaiting submission to the State Duma (Parliament) concerning the operation of foreign IT and Internet companies …

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that in the event of anyone wishing to apply for Russian citizenship, the applicant would no longer be required to renounce their existing citizenship to obtain a Russian passport …

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Although there is some debate in government circles, no law yet exists allowing an employer to require any employee to be vaccinated against COVID-19 – except in limited fields such as education and health care …

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The Russian Parliament (Duma) has approved changes to the Code of Administrative Offences which substantially increase fines for violation of the Federal Law on Personal Data (2006) …

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The Federal Service for Labour and Employment has reminded employers that they must make special provisions for workers require to operate outside and in unheated premises during the Winter …

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Employers that delay, or refuse to pay wages may soon face financial penalties …

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Citizens of 52 countries, including EU member states, China and India, were expected to be able to take advantage of e-visas from January 2021 …

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In a letter written by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has cited Article 249 of the Labour in support of the view that an employee on an apprenticeship contract funded by their employer who resigns their post without good reason is obliged to reimburse the costs of the training given …

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A Federal law introduced in 2013 (No …

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The State Duma (Parliament) is currently debating whether to insert a right in the Labour Code for an unfairly dismissed employee to claim “moral damages” in a far more flexible way than at present …

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