Minister Maxim Topilin Meets Director General of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder
25 January 2016 – As part of the programme of the first meeting of Ministers of Labour and Employment of the BRICS countries, which opened today in the city of Ufa, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Maxim Topilin met with the Director-General of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder.
25 January 2016
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“For Russia, it is essential to comply in full measure with the standards set by the Conventions of the International Labour Organization,” the Russian minister said. “We are also quite active in ratifying the ILO Conventions,” he added. “Of late – between 2010 and 2014 – we have ratified 11 of them,” Topilin specified.
According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Labour, currently the Russian Federation government is considering the possibility of ratifying several other ILO Conventions. “The draft law on the ratification of the 1952 Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (No. 102) has been agreed upon by all the ministries concerned, and was submitted to the government,” Minister Maxim Topilin said in particular.
Besides, the ratification of the 1974 Convention concerning Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents (№ 139) and the Convention concerning Part-Time Work (№ 175) is also under consideration.
According to the Director-General of the ILO, in terms of the pace of ratification of the conventions, the Russian Federation ranks among the leading countries.
For Reference:
As of 1 January 2016, the Russian Federation has ratified 73 ILO Conventions, including eight fundamental ones; 52 of them are now in force. In recent years (between 2010 and 2014) eleven conventions were ratified (Nos. 173, 187, 174, 132, 135, 154, 185, 176, 140, 151, 144 and the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention).
By ratifying the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention, Russia joined the group of the first 30 countries where this important international instrument is now in force. In 2014, the Russian Federation was the leading nation in the world in terms of the number of ratifications (three conventions) – the achievement that has received a special praise from ILO Director-General Guy Ryder personally.
According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Labour, currently the Russian Federation government is considering the possibility of ratifying several other ILO Conventions. “The draft law on the ratification of the 1952 Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (No. 102) has been agreed upon by all the ministries concerned, and was submitted to the government,” Minister Maxim Topilin said in particular.
Besides, the ratification of the 1974 Convention concerning Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents (№ 139) and the Convention concerning Part-Time Work (№ 175) is also under consideration.
According to the Director-General of the ILO, in terms of the pace of ratification of the conventions, the Russian Federation ranks among the leading countries.
For Reference:
As of 1 January 2016, the Russian Federation has ratified 73 ILO Conventions, including eight fundamental ones; 52 of them are now in force. In recent years (between 2010 and 2014) eleven conventions were ratified (Nos. 173, 187, 174, 132, 135, 154, 185, 176, 140, 151, 144 and the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention).
By ratifying the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention, Russia joined the group of the first 30 countries where this important international instrument is now in force. In 2014, the Russian Federation was the leading nation in the world in terms of the number of ratifications (three conventions) – the achievement that has received a special praise from ILO Director-General Guy Ryder personally.