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Be aware and shareLabour Issues in Corporate Restructurings and M&AIn this episode we share the latest practices with you, offer an insider’s perspective and providepractical solutions for business in matters concerning labour law requirements during corporaterestructurings and M&ASpeakers: Irina Anyukhina, Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, Olga Pimanova, OfCounsel of Labour and Employment Practice, and Margarita Egiazarova, Senior Associate of Labourand Employment Practice, PhD in Law.Episode details:01:26 – Employment-related aspects of corporate deals05:24 – Consulting obligations (liaising with a trade...2022-07-1916 minBe aware and shareProtected categories of employees: special legal statusThe Russian law provides for additional support to so-called “protected categories” of employees.The ALRUD team has strong experience on resolving issues with the protected employees, and todaywe will try to shed more light on this.Speakers: Irina Anyukhina, Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, MargaritaEgiazarova, Senior Associate of Labour and Employment Practice, PhD in Law, and Maria Nevezhina,Senior Attorney of Labour and Employment Practice, PhD in Law.Episode details:02:02 – Protected categories of employees: who are the...2022-07-1915 minBe aware and shareMigration Issues: From Basics to New RequirementsMigration legislation in Russia is quite complex for our foreign colleagues due to a wide range of laws and procedures. In new episode we will discuss key migration issues.Speakers: Irina Anyukhina, Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel of Labour and Employment Practice, and Margarita Egiazarova, Senior Associate of Labour and Employment Practice, PhD in Law.Episode details:02:08 – Migration issues: general overview07:25 – Migration during COVID-1909:07 – New and upcoming regulationsIf you have any questio...2022-07-1914 minBe aware and sharePre-termination restrictionsWe will try our best to comprehensively shed light on the legal issues to be considered when implementing pre-termination restrictions and how these mechanisms are figured in the Russian law.Speakers: Irina Anyukhina, Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, Margarita Egiazarova, Senior Associate of Labour and Employment Practice, PhD in Law, and Elena Chershintseva, Associate of Labour and Employment Practice.Episode details:01:45 – Mechanisms of pre-termination restrictions, which are available in Russia04:04 – Safe and effective options to negotiate the employee’s absence at the workplace and limit...2022-07-1909 min
Разбираем на практикеНовые тренды на рынке трудаТекущая ситуация оказала и продолжает оказывать влияние на все бизнес-процессы компанийв России, в том числе накладывают отпечаток и на трудовые отношения. Обсудим новыетренды.Спикеры: Ирина Анюхина, Партнер, Ольга Пиманова, Советник, Маргарита Егиазарова, Старший консультант, к.ю.н.Содержание:01:47 - Новые тренды на рынке труда05:35 – Дистанционная работа, релокация. Наиболее востребованные вопросы07:45 – Повышенное внимание гос. органов к трудовым вопросам. На что обратить внимание?10:54 – Уголовная, административная, гражданско-правовая ответственность руководителейСвои вопросы и предложения направляйте нам на почту: podcasts@alrud.com2022-07-1913 minBe aware and shareBig Data in HRDigitalization of HR-related processes and activities is increasing rapidly and allows active use of such information as Big Data. Big Data includes enormous amounts of information, that can assist employers to recruit, promote, motivate, reward employees and identify low performers among them. As a result, Big Data of employees, candidates and former employees has become a significant value for employers. Despite these benefits, use of Big Data undoubtedly presents certain issues which the employer should consider. Everybody has heard the recent high-profile case of the dismissal of a large number of employees, based on the Big Data analysis of...2021-10-2912 minBe aware and shareCross-border incentivizing of employees in Russia: pensions and long-term plansIncentivizing of employees exerts a strong influence in terms of their strategic impact and can be an effective tool for employers, particularly during times of economic uncertainty. Incentivizing enables employers to retain key talents, implement new skills and behaviors, and drive organizational transformation. The fast-changing employment environment, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, can also inspire the need for changes to the employees’ incentivizing. Now, as organizations have adjusted to a new reality, they have an opportunity to reevaluate their pay plans and introduce some program changes that could help them thrive, within a rapidly changing economic reality. In this ep...2021-07-1920 minBe aware and shareLabour Dispute Resolution in Russia: Process and TrendsIn this episode, we will discuss labour dispute resolution in Russia. We will address process features and key trends in labour litigation. The peculiarity of labour disputes in Russia is that they rarely start with large financial claims of employees. They are more aimed at the company's brand, its reputation, and the like. However, practice shows that, due to the length and formality of the litigation, originally-insignificant financial demands can develop into rather large ones, over time. Another quite sensitive specific of Russian labour litigation is that one of the core demands in dismissal challenging cases is reinstatement at...2021-07-1916 minBe aware and shareHiring individuals without legal presence in RussiaIn this episode, we will talk about the most relevant issues and key practical aspects, related to the engagement of independent partners in Russia. Instead of establishing legal entities in Russia, many international companies prefer to engage Russia-based specialists as individual contractors. From the Russian law perspective, such arrangements strongly differ from employment relations and shall be regulated by civil law agreements. Hiring individuals located in Russia, by international companies, which do not have a corporate presence in Russia, may trigger permanent establishment risks, taxation issues, re-qualification of such arrangements into actual employment which, in its turn, may cause...2021-07-1917 minBe aware and shareInternal investigations in RussiaIn this episode, we discuss key implications of conducting internal investigations in Russia. Russian law does not specify the procedure of conducting internal investigations. In the meantime, based on the general constitutional provisions, labour and data protection laws, some compulsory formalities shall be accomplished by the initiator of the investigation. Besides, these legislation is very employee-protective and therefore creates a number of limitations for the employers’ conducting internal investigations.Speakers: Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice and Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel of Labour and Employment Practice at ALRUD.2021-07-1914 minBe aware and shareEmployment solutions for commercial secrecyIn this episode, we will explain how Russian employers can protect their commercial secrets. This topic has become very important, since still many employees continue performing their job duties remotely, due to current pandemic. In such circumstances, the employers’ abilities to keep control over confidential information are limited. Thus, employers have to enhance the legal protection of confidential information. Speakers: Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, Margarita Egiazarova, Senior Associate of Labour and Employment Practice at ALRUD, and Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel of Labour and Employment Practice at ALRU...2021-03-2213 minBe aware and shareTeleworking in Russia: digital turn in employmentIn this episode, we will talk about the changes in the legal regulation of teleworking from 2021 and the corresponding legal challenges that business may face. This topic is extremely popular in Russia and in other countries, mostly because almost all employers were forced to transfer employees to remote work during 2020 and thus teleworking have been spreading instantly all over the world. We will also touch today upon the issue of digital execution of documents and distant communication between employee and employer.Speakers: Irina Anyukhina, ALRUD Partner and Head of Labour and Employment Practice, Margarita Egiazarova, S...2021-03-2213 min
Inside Privacy: Through the Looking GlassEpisode 2 – Data Protection Hot Topics in RussiaOn the second episode of our Inside Privacy Podcast, we are aiming our looking glass at Russia, and are joined for our discussion by Partner Maria Ostashenko and Senior Associate Anastasia Petrova of the Data Protection and Cybersecurity practice at the Alrud law firm in Moscow. The pair discuss Russia’s data protection framework, zooming in on the interplay between its data localization and cross-border data transfer regulations, and consider the enforcement practices of Russia’s data protection authority, Roskomnadzor. This Podcast will especially be of interest to companies with operations in, or directing services into...2020-08-1136 min