The period from March 30th till April 30th were declared as non-working days with preservation of salary payments under President’s decrees No. 206 of 25 March 2020 “On declaration of non-working days in the Russian Federation” and No. 239 of 2 April 2020 “On measures for people’s sanitary-epidemiological welfare in condition of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) spread”. Since primary intention of decrees is to reduce personal contacts during communication of disease, employers subsequently raised up questions about remote work and compensations during this period.

The Moscow Mayor Decree dd 04.04.2020 No. 39-UM “On amendments being made to the Moscow Mayor decree dd 05.03.2020 No. 12-UM” (“Mayor Decree”) stipulates a number of amendments.

The recent Decree of the Russian President (“Decree”) establishes non-working days for the week from March 30 to April 3, 2020, to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population on the Russian territory, with the preservation of salaries for employees.

On March 3, 2020, the Russian Government introduced to the State Duma the Draft Law on amendments to the Russian Civil Code, namely, article 1360.1.

The coronavirus outbreak (hereinafter referred to as “COVID-19”) served as a trigger for a targeted effort to assess and manage the possible effects of COVID-19.

On June 3, 2019, the Judicial Chamber on civil cases of the Russian Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case between «Ormatek-Privolzhie» Limited liability company (“Company”) and Ramazanova I.N. in connection with the concluded refund agreement. This ruling reflects the Supreme Court’s opinion on the procedure for compensation of damage caused to employer by its former employee.

In December 2018, the Constitutional Court issued its decision, where part 1 of article 178 of the Labor code of the Russian Federation (“LC“) was recognized as inconsistent with the Constitution of the Russian Federation

On August 2, 2019 the Federal law (“Law”) amending the Federal law No. 115-FZ of July 25, 2002 “On legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation” has been published on the official Internet portal of legal information http://www.pravo.gov.ru.

In its Ruling of April 2019 the Constitutional Court has explained that payments for work under deviant conditions cannot be included in the minimum wage amount.

Subject to the Federal law (the “Law”) effective from April 1, 2019, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation will no longer issue state pension insurance certificates (SNILS) due to abolition of all SNILS paper certificates and plastic cards.