Legal overviews
No risk, no inspection: a risk-oriented approach for state supervisory activity
- Services: Food industry, Anti-Corruption Law / Compliance, Labor and Migration Law, Commercial Arbitration and out-of-court dispute resolution
- Date: 19.09.2016
A risk-oriented approach will be used for purposes of improving and enhancing effectiveness of control and supervisory activity in the course of inspections.
Implementation of professional standards
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 05.09.2016
Starting from July 01, 2016, the Russian rules on professional standards came into full legal force.
On application of professional standards starting from July 1, 2016
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 29.04.2016
On July 1, 2016 Federal Law No.122-FZ will become effective, supplementing the Russian Labor Code with provisions on the procedure for applying professional standards.
Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs will handle foreign employees issues
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 18.04.2016
On April 5, 2016, Decree No.156 of the Russian President became effective, pursuant to which the Federal Migration Service will be liquidated and all its duties will be assigned to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
European Court of Human Rights ruled that employers can monitor online communication of their employees
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 12.02.2016
On January 12, 2016 ECHR made a decision on the Barbulescu v. Romania case No.61496/08 allowing to monitor employees’ private correspondence and recognized an employee’s dismissal due to private messaging using company devices during working hours as lawful and not violating personal rights of the employee.
Get ready ahead of time…
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 08.12.2015
It is recommended for companies that are planning to cooperate with a PEA from January 2016, to ensure beforehand that the PEA passed accreditation in accordance with the law.
Latest amendments to labor law
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 31.08.2015
Testing for narcotics can be mandatory for certain categories of employees
Review of labor law: July 2015
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 11.07.2015
A 7-day period is fixed for employers to inform of grounds for denial of employment and an obligation is imposed to extend a fixed-term agreement until the end of maternity leave
Supreme Court clarifies procedure for settling disputes related to activity of company managers
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 18.06.2015
The Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation adopted Ruling No.21 “On issues the courts encounter when applying legislation regulating labor of a company manager and members of a collective executive body” (the“Ruling”) on June 2, 2015.
Issues related to dismissal of a manager by the company are clarified
News on migration legislation. June 2015
- Service: Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 05.06.2015
New forms of notifications in migration body