Russian labor and migration laws contain a large number of complex regulations that require professional assistance. CLS offers comprehensive legal support for projects in the field of labor law and migration legislation.

The CLS team has many years of experience working with some of the largest international and Russian companies in the field of labor and migration and is always ready to provide a comprehensive solution to any issues, taking into account the industry specifics of each client and their business needs.

Our services:

Comprehensive support with labor law and HR issues:

• Drafting labor agreements, addenda to them and descriptions of duties
• Elaboration of internal instruments for the Client, including on issues concerning labor protection, personal data of the Client's employees and military registration
• Drafting mandatory orders of the employer: on hiring, on dismissal, on granting vacation time, on transferring to a different position, on partial workday, on overtime work, etc.
• Protecting the Client's interests in the course of inspections by controlling authorities on labor law issues and when settling labor disputes
• Consulting on day-to-day labor issues, on issues arising in the course of the Client's regular business activities

 Support during dismissal:

• Analysis and elaboration of the best method for dismissing employees
• Representing the Client’s interests in the course of negotiations with employees during dismissal on various grounds
• Legal support during dismissal
• Comprehensive support for the procedure of staff reduction
• Consulting on any issues arising in the course of the dismissal procedure

 Structuring labor relations with top management:

• Legal support with signing, termination and amendment of employment agreements with senior management
• Legal support in the course of entering into financial liability agreements
• Development and introduction of motivation and loyalty programs for key employees, including option agreements

 Labor, migration and personal data protection laws:

• HR audit: Checking for mandatory HR documents and their contents, analysis of internal instruments as to compliance with effective laws, checking the procedure for maintaining and safekeeping of work record books, employee personal files, submission of required HR reports, etc.
• Labor protection audit: Checking for required labor protection documents and their analysis as to compliance with Russian laws, analysis of compliance with requirements for persons in charge of labor protection, for conducting training, etc.
• Migration audit: Checking compliance with Russian labor and migration laws in respect to hiring foreigners, analysis of template labor agreement with foreign employees, checking the recordkeeping of the internal database of foreign employees containing information on each foreign employee, grounds for their stay in Russia, validity terms of migration documents, etc.
• Audit of military registration records: Checking the arrangement of military registration records, including the Regulations on military registration, records in respect to persons subject to conscription and persons obligated to serve in the military for purposes of maintaining military registration records in the organization, etc.
• Personal data audit: Checking the presence and compliance of personal data documents with Russian laws, checking information filed by the company with the Roskomnadzor operator registry; audit of the Client's web site (as to existence of policies and use of forms for gathering personal data of Russian users)

 Migration Law:

• Migration support, drawing up required documents (work permit, visa, etc.) for management
• Analysis and development of the procedure for engaging and documenting foreign citizens (civil law agreements, labor agreements, service agreements) for a specific system
• Drawing up migration documents (work permit, visa, etc.) for highly qualified employees and regular employees
• Support with drawing up accompanying documents and migration notices
• Protecting the Client's interests in the course of inspections by the control authorities on migration law issues
• Consulting on any migration law issues, supporting the Client when resolving non-standard situations