November 2011

• Baku hosted a conference on the Role of Trade Unions in the Elimination of Discrimination in the Workplace
  23 November 2011. Baku hosted a conference on the Role of Trade Unions in the Elimination of Discrimination in the Workplace. The conference concluded a series of events within the framework of joint efforts taken by the ILO and the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation this year to fight discrimination in the workplace.
• Russia’s Health and Social Development Ministry empowered to promote occupational safety and health
  14 November 2011. Russia’s Health and Social Development Ministry was granted additional powers in promoting occupational safety and health, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the government’s presidium on November 14.
• Belarus to hold regular household employment survey in 2012
  10 November 2011. A household employment survey will become regular in Belarus beginning from 2012 and will be conducted every three months, the press officer of the National Statistics Committee (Belstat), Yelena Kondratenko, said on November 10.
• Minimum unemployment benefit in Russia is fixed at 850 roubles and a maximum of 4,900 roubles for 2012
  9 November 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No. 888 of November 3, 2011, that fixes a minimum unemployment benefit at 850 roubles and a maximum of 4,900 roubles for 2012.
• ILO to help Russia develop strategy for long-term development of pension system until 2050
  1 November 2011. On November 1, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation hosted an international workshop “Principal tendencies of pension systems development in modern world.”
• Russia: By 2020 retirement, social pensions to double
  1 November 2011. By 2020 age retirement and social pensions in Russia will double, Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova told the international seminar devoted to the pension systems' development guidelines in the modern world.