A company was declared bankrupt and some employees were dismissed, due to the liquidation of the company. Employees considered their dismissal unlawful and applied to the court.

Lately, Russian courts have demonstrated unprecedented creativity in supporting employees. In the latest example of this trend, the Moscow City Court recently overturned the consistent and long-held...

If the employee decides to work on vacation in his sole discretion, the company is not required to pay, determined the St. Petersburg City Court.

Under the Labour Code, a general director enjoys the same rights as an ordinary employee.

Amendments to the Labor code and the law on state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs will come into force in mid-August.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, by Decision No. 13-KG20-1-K2 dated 22.06.2020, took the side of the employee, who did not wait for the vacation order, which required the approval...

The Labor Code stipulates detailed procedures for terminating employment.

Two recent successful challenges to dismissals by mutual agreement in Russia mean employers may need to exercise caution in how they use this popular method of terminating employment.

This article gives a checklist and provides best practice advice for employers in Russia on dealing with the difficult process of employee dismissals.

In Russia, labor relations may be terminated in several ways: by mutual agreement of the parties, at the initiative of the employer, at the initiative of the employee (by filing a resignation letter)...

Russia is a federative state, which consists of 85 constituent territories (cities of federal importance, republics, regions and other territorial administrative components) with certain legislative rights.

A round up of recent case law on internal investigations and disciplinary action by employers in Russia.

Widespread remote work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to new types of employment-related disputes

С середины августа вступают в силу поправки, которые были внесены в Трудовой кодек

In a guide coordinated by Ius Laboris Russian firm ALRUD, lawyers in Estonia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Romania and Ukraine provide a guide to redundancy procedures in their jurisdictions.

Верховный суд Российский Федерации Определением от 22.06.2020 № 13-КГ20-1-К2 встал на сторону рабо