This guide provides nine practical tips to prepare employers
for employment-related litigation in Russia.
A peculiarity of labour disputes in Russia is that they seldom
start with great financial demands from employees. They are more
about the status of the organisation, its reputation and similar
issues. However, practice shows that given the length and formality
of litigation, financial claims, originally insignificant, can turn
into fairly large claims, over time. Another very sensitive
particular feature of Russian labour litigation is that one of the
fundamental demands in dismissal cases is reinstatement at
work.
1. Who can file a claim?
Labour disputes in Russia can involve not just employers and
employees, but also state bodies, job seekers, independent
contractors, as well as, sometimes, even unexpected third parties.
A person working under a civil contract can also file a claim for
the recognition of the relationship as employment.
