Current Issues in Russian Labor Law

Who it is for

Lawyers, HR specialists, and heads of legal and HR departments.

Seminar objective

The seminar covers the most pressing issues in applying the Russian Labor Code. We examine the most contentious problems in enforcement practice, give specific recommendations and show typical employer mistakes. Participants can ask the lecturer their own questions.

The seminar fee includes coffee breaks, lunches and handouts.

On completion, each participant receives an HSE IPAA certificate of completion.

Bonus: 3 months of free consultations by email or phone.

Seminar at a glance

• Changes in labor legislation in recent years
• Employment contract: how to conclude and terminate it
• How to reduce risks: recommendations on drafting an employment contract
• Consequences of working without a formal employment contract
• Electronic HR document management: opportunities and prospects
• Electronic work record books and employment history records
• Answers to participants’ questions

Topic 1. Parties to labor law

1. The concept and classification of parties to labor law.
2. The employee as a party to labor law.
3. The legal status of the employer. Trade unions.
4. Employee and employer representatives. Government labor authorities.

Topic 2. Employment contract: concept, content, parties

1. The concept, content and nature of an employment contract.
2. Job function: position, specialty, profession.
3. Parties to an employment contract. Procedure for concluding it. Fixed-term and open-ended employment contracts.
4. Transfers to another job. Termination of an employment contract at the initiative of the employee and of the employer; termination procedure.
5. Grounds for termination of an employment contract, including circumstances beyond the parties’ control.
6. Electronic employment contracts and HR document management: how to execute them, pros and cons.
7. Electronic work record books: practical recommendations.

Topic 3. Working hours and rest time

1. The concept and types of working time. Recording working time and work schedules.
2. Reduced working hours for certain categories of employees. Part-time work.
3. Flexible working hours. Aggregated recording of working time. Overtime and cases where it is allowed without the employee’s consent. Night work.
4. The concept and types of rest time. Weekends and public holidays, work on these days. Types of leave and their duration.
5. Annual paid leave: calculating its duration and the length of service giving entitlement to leave, recall from leave. Leave related to childbirth and childcare, study leave.

Topic 4. Wages and compensation payments

1. The concept of wages, principles of remuneration.
2. Labor standards. Time-based pay.
3. Bonuses. Pay for overtime, night work, and work on weekends and public holidays.
4. Compensation payments.

Topic 5. Labor discipline

1. The concept of labor discipline, ways to strengthen it and its legal framework.
2. Internal work regulations. Incentives and how they are applied.
3. Disciplinary sanctions: procedure for imposing and appealing them.
4. Time limits for disciplinary sanctions. Disciplinary liability of employees.

Topic 6. Financial liability of the parties to an employment contract

1. Financial liability for damage caused by one of the parties to an employment contract.
2. The concept of financial liability and the conditions under which it arises.
3. Procedure for and amount of compensation for damage.
4. Compensation for harm caused to an employee by injury or other damage to health.
5. Full financial liability of the employee. Limits of financial liability.

Topic 7. Compensation for employees injured at work

1. Provisions of the Russian Labor Code on the employer’s financial liability:
   • for damage caused to an employee by unlawfully depriving them of the opportunity to work;
   • for harm caused to the employee’s life and/or health.
2. Federal Law “On Compulsory Social Insurance against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases”: an overview including recent amendments.
3. Overview of compulsory health insurance legislation.

Topic 8. Labor disputes

1. The concept and classification of labor disputes.
2. Bodies that hear individual labor disputes. The labor disputes commission: how it is formed, its competence, deadlines for filing.
3. Enforcement of decisions of the labor disputes commission.
4. Labor disputes in court. Specifics of certain categories of disputes.
5. Collective labor disputes: conciliation commission, mediator, labor arbitration. The right to strike.