Press Center: Legal updates

Current legislation contains certain requirements that employers should oblige with during mobilization process.

Partial mobilization, introduced in Russia from 21 September 2022, raises many questions. Consequently, state bodies issue additional acts and clarifications, including those that cover employment relations.

On July 14, several federal laws that amend the regulation of the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation were adopted.

On April 4, 2022, the Decree of the Russian Government No. 511 “On the Specifics of the Legal Regulation of Employment Relations and other Directly Connected Relations in 2022” came into force.

On March 22, 2022, a Bill (the “Bill”) was submitted to the State Duma on the specifics of contractual performance under the conditions of unfriendly actions of foreign states and international organizations related to the introduction of restrictive measures (foreign sanctions) against Russian legal entities and individuals.

In the Resolution No. 45 of December 23, 2021, of the Russian Supreme Court Plenum (“Resolution”) the Russian Supreme Court clarified some issues of bringing to administrative liability under Articles 5.27, 5.27.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (“Code”).

Electronic document management in the area of labour relations is not new and has been actively used by companies for years already.

Starting from March 1, 2022, a new edition of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation (“Code”) comes into force that establishes improved requirements in the field of occupational safety.

On June 16, 2021, a new decree of the Russian President on temporary measures to regulate the legal situation of foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia during the period of overcoming the consequences of the spread of COVID-19 (“Decree”) came into force.