The Terms of Attraction and Employment of Foreign Citizens: the Novelties in the Russian Legislation

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the amendments in the Federal law «Concerning the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation» (2002). The author analyzes statutory instruments that introduced changes to this fundamental act in 2014 and affected the employment of the foreign nationals in Russia. The author evaluates the effectiveness of the measures taken by the legislator in order to improve the procedure of recruitment of a foreign worker as well as to create more favorable conditions of utilization of foreign workforce in the context of the present economic, social and political situation.

Keywords

• иностранный работник
• привлечение и использование иностранной рабочей силы
• разрешительный порядок трудоустройства
• патент
• специальные режимы труда иностранцев
• высококвалифицированные иностранные специалисты
• статус работодателя, использующего труд иностранных граждан
• foreign worker
• attraction and employment of foreign workers
• authorization-based procedure of employment
• patent
• special treatment of foreign workers
• highly skilled foreign specialists
• status of an employer who uses foreign workforce