Works Councils in Russia: Balance of Economic and Social Rights

10.12737/3466 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Никита Лютов ◽  
Nikita Lyutov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Industrial Democracy ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Works Councils ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
German System ◽  
Russian Law

The Labour Code of the Russian Federation was amended in 2013 in a way that a new body of workers’ representation — works councils — can be established. These amendments don’t add any new rights or obligations neither to employers nor to employees. They are made with purely political purposes and only imitate the creation of the analog of the well-known German system of works councils. The author comes to conclusion that currently existing rights in informing and “taking into account” the workers’ representative body opinion, contained in the Russian Labour Code, are not sufficient for existence of the real industrial democracy. The article is aimed at answering the question, whether an implementation of functioning works councils may be beneficial to the adequate balancing of social rights of workers and economic rights of the employers. Although the full transposition of the German works councils system seems to be impossible, some of its positive features may be effectively adopted in the Russian law. For example, the employer’s obligation to consult workers shouldn’t be dependent on the existence of the workers’ representative bodies. Besides, a range of issues that are subject to the mandatory informing of workers by the employer must be significantly broadened. The procedure of consultations must include the real negotiations between the employer and employees on the basis of good faith principle.

scholarly journals Constitutional status of persons who are not citizens of the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
Andrei D. Bezuglov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Constitutional Level ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Stateless Person

Introduction. The constitutional and legal status of persons who are not citizens of Russia is directly related to their political, social, personal and economic rights and freedoms. This raises the problem of correctly determining the status of persons who do not have Russian citizenship due to the fact that the legislation contains many provisions covering the totality of legal relations related to the status of a foreign citizen and a stateless person, where the personal and social rights of a person do not depend on his / her citizenship of another state. Theoretical analysis. The article examines the content of the constitutional status of non-citizens on the territory of Russia. It follows from the content of the first chapter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation that the concept of personality includes any person who is both a citizen and a foreign citizen, or a stateless person, therefore, the rights and obligations established in relation to a person apply to non-citizens. Empirical analysis. The analysis of many rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation revealed that they are not related to citizenship and apply to all people, therefore, non-citizens should have the ability, enshrined at the constitutional level, to protect their rights in case of their violation by contacting state bodies and local self-government bodies. Results. Non-citizens enjoy the rights and bear obligations on the equal basis with the citizens of the Russian Federation, taking into account the peculiarities and restrictions established by federal laws and international treaties. There is a promising opportunity to improve Russian legislation by identifying an independent term of “non-citizens”, which will unite foreign citizens and stateless persons in order to implement comprehensive legal regulation for this category of persons.

scholarly journals European Social Charter: basic guarantees of social and labor rights

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
A. G. Radaev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
European Standards

This article is devoted to the legal analysis of provisions of the European Social Charter, as the main international normative act regulating legal relations in the field of social and labor rights of workers, as well as identifying the features of the system of international cooperation in this area. The article touches upon the problem of institutional and conventional interaction of subjects of international law. The issues of the structure and content of both the European Social Charter and its basic norms governing the sphere of social and labor rights are considered. Attention is drawn to the fact that 60 years have passed since the adoption of this international legal act, which was opened for signature on October 18, 1961 in Turin. In the jubilee year, there is every reason to recall the history of the adoption and entry into force of the European Social Charter, its revision in 1996 and the ratification of this international legal act by the Russian Federation after a long period after the official signature. The article also concerns certain problems of reforming domestic legislation in the field of social rights and guarantees in accordance with European standards. The problems of the implementation of the norms of the European Social Charter governing legal relations related to social rights and guarantees of workers into the modern legislation of the Russian Federation are touched upon. On this basis, it is concluded that it is necessary and advisable to include in Russian legislation the provisions of the European Social Charter on additional guarantees for the protection of social, labour and economic rights. It was found that certain norms of the European Social Charter, which provide guarantees of rights to migrant workers, are not fully included in domestic legislation. Comparative legal analysis of the compliance of the legislation of the Russian Federation with the provisions of the European Social Charter shows that the legal foundations of social and economic guarantees of the rights of Russian citizens are basically consistent with the provisions of the Charter. At the same time, it is stated that the level of guarantees actually provided is determined by the capabilities of the state. Further development of the social and labor sphere in the country makes it possible to approach the standards proclaimed in the Charter, which makes it possible to fulfill the obligations assumed upon its ratification. Russias accession to the European Social Charter and its ratification undoubtedly strengthened the position of our state in relations with other countries, increased the level of protection of social, labour and economic rights in the country. It is advisable to discuss issues of ensuring the implementation of the provisions of the European Social Charter in the Russian legal system in order to further improve national legislation, improve the level and quality of life in our country.

Conclusions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Butler William E
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
Domestic Law

This concluding chapter reviews the major developments of the Russian treaty. It argues that the legal system of the Russian Federation contains two different kinds of law-international law and domestic law. Here, two distinctions are drawn with respect to international-legal norms: those having direct effect and not requiring domestic legislation in order to implement them, and those not having direct effect precisely because they do require implementing legislation. Although international law requires States acting in good faith to implement international legal obligations, in practice often that implementation never happens or occurs with great delay. Although not without controversy, the better position seems to be that generally-recognized principles and norms of international law enjoy priority over norms of Russian law which provide otherwise.

Respect for the social and economic rights of citizens as an imperative to reduce poverty in the Khabarovsk territory

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
I. I. Chesnitskiy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Priority Area ◽  
Regional State ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Social And Economic Rights

The article presents an analysis of the state and problems of implementing the socio-economic rights of population of the Khabarovsk territory as a priority area for reducing poverty. Attention of the authorities was drawn to the situation of poverty in a number of northern municipalities, where the population is experiencing difficulties in realizing their socio-economic rights due to the lack of jobs. Concern was expressed about the socio-economic rights of persons released from the places of deprivation of liberty. The Commissioner for human rights in the Khabarovsk territory, taking into account the study of situation in the region, sets out his vision for solving the problem of reducing poverty in the Khabarovsk territory and makes proposals that, in his opinion, can be used by the regional state authorities to achieve the indicators set by the President of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION OF CONTRACT FORM REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
O. S. Grin
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Written Form ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
Model Law ◽  
Civil Laws ◽  
International Instruments ◽  
Contract Form

The article deals with the main issues of improving the Russian civil laws concerning the form of transaction the majority of which are associated with the adoption of the Federal Law of March 18, 2019, No. 34-FZ «On Amendments to Parts I, II and Article 1124 of Part III of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.» The adoption of amendments mentioned above was preconditioned by the implementation of the federal project «Normative Regulation of the Digital Environment» within the framework of the National Program «Digital Economy of the Russian Federation.» The author highlights similarity of approaches perceived by the Russian law-maker with the provisions of international instruments, in particular the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce of 1996 and the UN Convention on «The Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts» 2005. It is concluded that, as a result of transformation of requirements for the form of contracts, 2 main variations of written form (a single document signed by the parties, and exchange of documents) and 2 basic fictions of this form (accepting by conduct of a written offer and making a transaction by electronic or other technical means) have been approved.

scholarly journals Digitization of Law: Some Problematic Aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Valeev Damir Khamitovich ◽  
Nuriev Anas Gaptraufovich
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Law And Development ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
The One

This article reveals the important practical importance of academic cooperation between legal doctrine and achievements of technical laboratories in terms of defining “points of growth” in questions of digitalization of law and development of legal tools aimed at regulating the technogenic factor on the one hand and legal support of “game-changing” results in a in the conditions of digital economy on the other hand. The important role of the transformation of social regulators, designed to regulate the “infrastructural” and “institutional” incorporation of “digital” technologies into the existing legal system, is noted. The current place of the Russian Federation on readiness for the digital economy is subject to, among other things, insufficient theoretical study as a result of the regulatory framework, which often does not act as a platform for growth, but rather contains many gaps - which have to be overcome at the expense of law enforcement practice. The article notes that the trend of “digitalization” of Russian law is closely linked to the need to maintain the ecosystem of the digital economy and to identify “growth points” and enforce their urgent character based on the state’s resource base, defines a positive agenda for “digitalization” of Russian law and raises a number of questions for the Russian science. It is concluded that one of the topical issues in the framework of the “digitalization” of Russian law is legal robotics, which is perceived as the automation of workflows, the existence of interrelated algorithms of actions aimed at generating a predictable result based on some initial simulated and prescribed situation and maximum robotization of legal processes. Using the example of the Kazan Federal University, which proclaimed the promotion of innovative development of the focus areas of the Russian Federation as one of its missions, the achievements obtained as a result of the interaction of legal doctrine and technical laboratories are revealed.

FUNDAMENTALS OF THE THEORY OF PRE-CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 148-161
Author(s):  
Alesya V. Demkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Special Rules

The article deals with the relatively new rules of Art. 434.1 the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on the conduct of negotiations. Taking into account the current wording of the said rule and the experience of foreign legislation on pre-contractual liability, the article argues for different theories justifying the nature of pre-contractual legal relations and liability and gives different positions of the authors on this issue. Proceeding from the doctrinal concept of obligation and characteristics of pre-contractual relations themselves the conclusion is made that these relations, firstly, are regulated by law and, secondly, they are not simply a legal relation but an obligation. It is based on certain actions of the negotiating partners that give rise to such an obliga-tion. As such, any action that is sufficiently certain (in some cases it may be required by law) and expresses the intention of the person to regard himself as negotiating with the addressee, who will in return perform the same sufficiently certain action, can be regarded as such. The specified characteristics of an action allow us to conclude that, from the point of view of classification of legal facts, this action is an act (because it is performed with a certain in-tention evident to other participants of civil turnover) and, moreover, it is also a transaction. Special rules of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation stipulate that the actions performed to enter into negotiations (for example, if the conclusion of a contract is binding on one party) or the actions of both partners entail legal consequences - the obligation to negotiate in good faith. The analysis of these legal relationships identifies three stages in their development, charac-terises them and attempts to answer more precisely the question of who can be a participant in the negotiation process depending on the stage of the negotiation process. The subject matter of an obligation arising during pre-contractual contacts will be actions aimed at negotiating and concluding a contract. The content of the obligation arising in the course of pre-contractual contacts, based on Art. 434.1 of the Civil Code will be the obligation to negotiate in good faith (paragraph 2 of the above rule). Assuming that the legislator provides an indicative list of actions that should fall within the scope of bad faith conduct, an indicative list of the "standard" of good faith conduct at the negotiation stage is given. This includes the obligation to provide full and truthful information to a party, including the reporting of circumstances that, due to the nature of the contract, must be brought to the attention of the other party (e.g. in a sale, all encumbrances on the subject of the contract must be reported). In addition, persons are obliged to negotiate only if they intend to conclude a contract, not to terminate negotiations suddenly and unjustifiably, and to take into account the rights and legitimate interests of the other party to the negotiation. The obligation under this obligation may also include a requirement not to disclose infor-mation obtained during the negotiation of the contract.

scholarly journals Recovery of Damages from the Head of an Economic Entity: Legislation of the Russian Federation and Law Enforcement Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 10003
Author(s):  
Y.A. Dorofeeva ◽  
M.N. Zubkova
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Good Faith ◽  
Legal Entity ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Legal Entities

A legal entity as a union recognized in law and absent as an independent entity outside the law, exists and carries out its activities through the governing bodies whose composition and competence are always predetermined by the norms of positive law. Undoubtedly, the rights of the governing bodies of a legal entity, as well as the duties of the head of the organization, must be strictly predetermined and have limits defined by law. Failure of this rule would mean the possibility of abuse of the right by the governing bodies of legal entities, their release from the obligation to lead the organization in good faith and reasonably, evasion from the fulfillment of obligations assumed by the legal entity through the sole executive body or another governing body of the organization. In order to prevent harm to the organization and third parties, the governing bodies of the legal entity, the legislator set certain rules for the activities of the governing bodies of the legal entity, as well as the grounds for applying measures of responsibility for violating such rules. The responsibility of the head includes the recovery of damages caused by his fault to a legal entity. The purpose of the study is to analyze the grounds and conditions for recovery of damages caused by the head of the organization in the legislation of the Russian Federation and arbitration practice. The objectives of the study are to determine the grounds for liability of the head of a legal entity in the form of damages, show the genesis of the formation of Russian legislation and the practice of its use by courts on recovering losses of a legal entity from the head of an organization, identify criteria for determining the presence of both good faith and reasonableness in the behavior of managers of legal entities, brought to responsibility in the form of the obligation to pay damages to the organization they lead. In carrying out the study, such methods were used as: general scientific - analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, historical method; private-scientific: formal-legal, comparative-legal, allowing to consider the issues of bringing to responsibility in the form of recovery of damages of the head of a legal entity; Formal legal method for determining the content of abstract categories - reasonableness, good faith, permissible behavior, method of system-structural analysis - to study the possibility of applying damages as a form of responsibility for the guilty behavior of a special entity - the head of a legal entity The result of the study is the establishment of the grounds and conditions for applying to the head (former head) of a legal entity responsibility in the form of recovery of damages caused to the organization managed by it, in the legislation of the Russian Federation and judicial practice. The findings and results of the study can be used for further research and as educational material, in legislative work and in law enforcement practice.

Administrative Liability for Illegal Remuneration on Behalf of Legal Person

10.12737/7545 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Артем Цирин ◽  
Artem Tsirin ◽  
Сергей Зырянов ◽  
Sergey Zyryanov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
National Plan ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
Administrative Responsibility

The present article is devoted to problem aspects of administrative responsibility for illegal remuneration on behalf of the organization in the Russian Federation. In the article on the base of law-enforcement practice are analyzed suggestions for improvement of legislative mechanisms of involvement organizations to responsibility for the corruption offenses made from a name or in interests of such organizations. Carrying out researches on the designated subject is provided by the National plan of corruption counteraction for 2014—2015. In Russian law-enforcement practice there are a lot of cases when the organization actively assists in criminal prosecution of the guilty person. However, judges make the organization responsible. Considering the big sizes of sanctions provided by this article, the situation is perceived as injustice and doesn´t promote achievement of the objectives of administrative responsibility. In this regard authors developed the special bases of releasing organization from responsibility in cases when governing bodies actively promote disclosure and investigation of the criminal offence made by interested person.

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