Compliance with local employment and immigration laws has become
an area of increasing interest to Russian regulatory authorities
and, consequently, for companies operating in Russia. As a result
international players are beginning to pay more attention to the
way they set up their local operations focusing in particular on
employment and immigration laws.
Also, during the current economic environment specific attention
is paid to the increasing number of redundancies and related labour
law issues.
This briefing paper highlights some of the features of Russian
employment and immigration legislation in the context of the
present economic climate.
The Labour Code
The central piece of Russian employment legislation is the
Labour Code of the Russian Federation (the "Labour Code"
or "Code"). It was initially adopted on 30 December 2001
replacing the old Soviet Code of 1971 and has been amended several
times since then. The last substantial amendments to the
