Labour Contract with a Foreign Citizen: Changes to the Russian Legislation

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the amendments in the Russian legislation governing the questions of migrant labour. Particularly, the author analyzes the provisions of the Federal law “On introducing amendments to the Labour Code of the Russian Federation and the Article 13 of the Federal law “Concerning the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation” regarding labour of foreign citizens and stateless persons”. A new chapter 50.1 “Regulatory aspects of employment of foreign citizens and stateless persons” was introduced to the Labour code of the Russian Federation. New provisions came into force on December 13, 2014 and filled in the gaps in the Russian legislation that regulates the labour relationships, where one of the parties is a foreign citizen. The author investigates the legal regime for conclusion, modification and termination of such labour contracts offered by the legislator.

Keywords

• иностранный работник
• трудовой договор с иностранным гражданином
• заключение трудового договора с иностранным гражданином
• изменение и прекращение трудового договора с иностранным работником
• отстранение от работы
• foreign worker
• labor contract with a foreign citizen
• conclusion of a labor contract with a foreign citizen
• modification and termination of a labor contract with a foreign citizen
• dismissal from work