Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Russia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Russian Federation: Restrictions on women’s work revised
Back in 1974, the Soviet Union introduced a ban on women working in 456 specified jobs across numerous industries due to arduous working conditions …
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Russian Federation: Highly qualified specialist salary notifications due 29 January 2021
Employers have until 29th January 2021 to file Q4 2020 notifications for salaries paid to foreign nationals who have been hired as highly-qualified specialists (HQS) …
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Russian Federation: Wage formula
The minimum wage will, in future, be calculated by reference to the country’s median wage rather than the average cost of a basket of essential goods and services …
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Russian Federation: New law on foreign agents
The new law on foreign agents now covers even “individuals” who receive assistance from foreign countries …
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Russian Federation: New remote work law due in force on 1 January 2021
The Labour Code has finally been amended to incorporate provisions for distant working …
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Russian Federation: Sri Lankan embassy in Moscow warns of human trafficking
The Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow has warned about fake foreign employment and education agencies in Sri Lanka …
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Russian Federation: New data protection bill
A new Data Protection Bill [No …
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Russian Federation: Courts grant 98% of employees’ claims in labour payment disputes
In a recent forum with Chinese counterparts, the Chair of the Russian Supreme Court stated that the Russian court system granted 98% of claims made by employees concerning disputed work-related payments …
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Russian Federation: Gender and qualifications gap
There is a huge gender and qualifications gap in modern Russia that is continuing to grow …
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Russian Federation: “Maternity capital” wage subsidy
Families with two children whose income does not exceed twice the subsistence minimum of the working-age population are entitled to a monthly “maternity capital” wage subsidy until their child is aged three …
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Russian Federation: Annual training in dealing with emergencies
All those in the working population will, from next year, have to undertake annual training in dealing with emergencies of a man-made nature, or natural cause …
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Russian Federation: Vacation schedule
Companies are reminded that in Russia, every employer must draw up a schedule of individual vacation days for the coming year at least two weeks before the beginning of the calendar year, which means 17th December 2020 …
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Russian Federation: The employer has no right to require a certificate of the test for COVID-19
During the health crisis, many employers in Russia have begun to demand that their employees produce a certificate indicating that they have received a negative test result in respect to COVID-19 …
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Russian Federation: Moscow steps up workplace restrictions
Until 28th October, restrictions on employers must remain in Moscow …
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Russian Federation: Validity of migration documents extended
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has confirmed that several types of migration documents, i …
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