PROVIDING DECENT WORK CONDITIONS IN THE PERIOD OF ECONOMIC CRISIS

Russian Federation experience

Rostrud’s structure2

Federal Service on Labour and Employment (Rostrud)

Director General of Rostrud – State Labour Inspector General of Russian Federation

Territorial bodies of Rostrud – State Labour Inspections(82 State Labour inspections in regions of RF)

Labour Code of RF

ILO Convention and Recommendations

State Labour Inspections competences in Russian Federation

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Supervision and control over the labour law compliance and work accident investigation procedure

Administrative offence proceeding

informing and consulting employers and employees

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Key figures (as of 1.11.2009)4

• State labour inspectors in the field of OSH1724

• State labour inspectors in the field of labour law1248

• Supervisory and control actionsOver 166 thousand

• labour law violations detectedOver 1,1 Mio

• consultations to citizens on labour issues About 270 thousand

Total amount of injuries caused by industrial accidents (2001-2008)

144,7

106,7

87,877,7 70,4

66,06 58,31

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60

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100

120

140

160

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19,2 19,9 21,3 22,223,4 24,9 26,2

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10

15

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25

30

%

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Ratio of workers employed in conditions which are not in compliance with sanitation standards

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Order of inspecting activities organization and carrying out

Planned inspections duration - up to 20 days

Periodicity – once every three years

Employer is notified by the head of a labour inspection - not later than 3 days before the inspection

Annual plan of inspections is available on the official Internet site of Rostrud

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Programme of actions for work conditions and OSH improvement

Goal: implementation of the system of professional risks management

Objectives Work accidents reduction Work conditions improvement Industrial mortality decrease Working population health

improvement

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Number of administrative penalties enforced by labour inspectors against those offending the labour law

65142

89011 89247 92361 101 656115113

66079

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Informing and consulting

208690 222325236950

227363 243822 250184

299209

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 f irst half of 2009

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The amount of citizens received by labour inspectors in 2002-2009 on labour law issues.

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Informing and consulting

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500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

2006 2007 2008 2009

Publications inmass-mediaParticipations inTV programs

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Official Internet sites12

Number of inspecting actions on issues of personal protective equipment provision for

employees

1,52

4,9 4,89 4,47

8,5411 11,2

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Number of inspecting actions on the issues of OSH training and violations detected

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Certificate of Trust

Within the Project “Declaration of worker’s and employer’s labour rights enforcement in an enterprise ”

About 800 Certificates have been issued

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Ethic Code

The Code identifies:- ethic values to be observed

by state employees in their activities

- state employees behaviour when performing their professional activities

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION !

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