In July 2021, the Ministry of Labour and the Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights issued a joint letter on the rules of employee vaccination.

Letter № 14-4/10/P-5532 dated 23 July 2021, issued by the Russian Ministry of Labour, together with the Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor)...

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.

Keeping GRATA’s practice of informing clients on important legal developments that might influence their business, we would like to draw your attention to some important changes regarding the regulation of employment relations with foreign nationals in the Russian Federation.

The Russian Migration Authority responsible for the Moscow region recently started to enforce laws requiring foreign employees to be present in Russia at regular intervals, and providing for the cancellation of a work permit ...

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...

In accordance with Article 5 of the Federal Law № 422-FZ from 27.11.2018, citizens of the EAEU countries (that is, citizens of Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) will be able to register as self-employed in Russia.

We talk today to Anastasia Petrova about how employers should conduct internal investigations in Russia: what steps to take in advance, how to deal with data privacy issues and crucially...

Covenants on non-disclosure of information comprising commercial secrets are generally enforceable.

From 1 January 2022, employers with more than 25 employees must post information on the unified digital platform "Work in Russia".

On 7 February 2017 the draft federal law prepared by the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation updating Federal Law No. 273-FZ on Countering Corruption of 25 December 2008 was published on the federal portal...

On the website of the Federal Service for Employment and Labor (Rostrud), lists of companies whose operations are categorized as high risk or substantial risk have been published.

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

In 2017, the professional standards application becomes mandatory in Russia for several types of enterprises and for certain positions.

On November 16, 2020, the Russian government approved new rules increasing the rates of remuneration employers must pay employees for their inventions, utility models and industrial designs...

This article highlights the most sensitive issues that companies in Russia may face in the pursuit of this worthy purpose.

Der Umfang der planmäßigen arbeitsrechtlichen Prüfungen, die von der Russischen Staatlichen Arbeitsbehörde durchzuführen sind...

From 2018 the scope of the planned employment audits to be conducted by the Russian State Labour Authority (the "Authority") will be limited by standard checklists drafted by the Authority.

Over the last few months, we have started to see a trend in Russia towards greater protection of personal data of its citizens and greater attention to data privacy.

New developments in Russian employment law in 2020 will include changes to the rules on severance payments, a new tax regime for the self-employed and the introduction of digital HR records.