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Employers’ organizations work towards improving the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, met in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 20-21 April 2015 at an ILO Sub-regional...

Decent Work and Competitiveness

ILO meeting to discuss employment relations in retail commerce

The ILO Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Relationships in Retail Commerce will meet on 22-23 April to examine the impact of changing employment relations on decent work and competitiveness in the sector.

Youth employment in the CIS discussed in Krasnoyarsk

On 20-24 April 2015 the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia hosted a meeting of the Youth Employment Network members within the framework of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment Project in the CIS” implemented by the ILO Moscow Office in...

ILO: 'Building a culture of prevention on OSH is a joint commitment by governments, workers and employers'

ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy Sandra Polaski attended the first All-Russian OSH Week, where she highlighted the need to ensure safe and healthy workplaces worldwide.

FNPR-ILO Arctic trade union school

From March 17 to 20 Murmansk, a city in the extreme northwest of Russia, hosted the first international Arctic school for young trade unionists organized by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) and the ILO. The event was...

Three countries discuss Disability Inclusion

A Workshop on “Inclusion of people with disabilities in the labour market” was held in Sochi, Russian Federation, on 24-26 February 2015.

Presidential National Council for Professional Qualifications holds its regular meeting

On January 29, the Presidential National Council for Professional Qualifications held its regular meeting in Moscow. In addition to the National Council’s members, taking part in the meeting were representatives of the presidential administration,...

Russia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to prepare bill to ratify ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention

Russia’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection will prepare a bill to ratify the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) already next year, Deputy Minister Andrei Pudov told TASS after a meeting of the ministry’s Public...

Workers of Kaluga, Sverdlovsk and Vologda regions’ enterprises undertake voluntary HIV-testing

In the run-up to the World AIDS Day workers at enterprises of the Kaluga, Sverdlovsk and Vologda regions got an opportunity to undertake HIV counseling and testing at their workplaces.

Workers of Sverdlovsk region’s enterprises undertake voluntary HIV-testing

Workers at enterprises of the Sverdlovsk region got an opportunity to undertake HIV-testing at their workplaces. As a result, Russia’s Urals region joined the ILO’s global initiative Voluntary and Confidential HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT@WORK).

Youth employment in the CIS discussed in St Petersburg

Within the framework of the project “Partnerships for Youth Employment Project in the CIS”, a Peer Review Conference was conducted in St Petersburg on 13 – 17 October. The project is implemented by the ILO Moscow Office in partnership with Russian...

Law ratifying ILO Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention

The Federal Law ratifies the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144). The Convention aims to continue the work on building and developing labour relations in Russia.

Moscow hosts international seminar of public employment services

On September 17-18, Russia’s Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud) held an international seminar for members of the World Association of Public Employment Services focusing on models of public employment service (PES): centralized and...

Trade unionists gather for conference in Russia’s Siberian city

On August 26-29 the international conference focusing on trade unions’ role in promoting decent work standards took place in Chita, Russia’s Siberian city.

Rosstat: unemployment remains at 4.9% in June

The unemployment rate in Russia equaled 4.9% in June, remaining flat against May, data of the Federal Statistics Service showed. As a whole, joblessness equaled 5% in 2Q.

Promotion of decent work standards: conference in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

On July 8-10, participants in a research and practical conference discussed promotion of decent work and decent wage standards in Russia’s Far East. The conference entitled “Role of trade unions in promoting decent work standards” was organized in...

Trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health at railways of CIS and Baltic states – seminar in Astana

On July 9, the first joint seminar for trade unions of railway workers from CIS and Baltic states ended its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. It focused on trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health and traffic safety at...

Russia ratifies ILO’s Public Service Convention

1 July 2014. On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law to ratify the ILO’s Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151).

Russia and Kyrgyzstan agree to transfer pensions of migrant workers according to principle of proportionality

This was announced today at the roundtable "Pension reform: key conclusions and recommendations", the representatives of the Social Fund informed.

Evgeny Velikhov takes part in International Labour Conference

On June 6, Secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and President of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS) Evgeny Velikhov took part in the 103rd session of the International...