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Russian Federation

Overview of national employment policies

Has national employment policy
Yes
Adoption of national employment policies
1ST revision in 2012; 2ND revision in 2014
Is the NEP under revision?
No

Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process

National
Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
Yes
Ministry in charge of employment
Yes
Trade unions
Yes
children
-
Other
Yes
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Other: Federal Migration Service; Federal Service for Labour and Employment (Rostrud), etc.
Employers’ organisations
Yes
ILO
Yes
Regional
Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
Yes
Ministry in charge of employment
Yes
Sectoral ministries
Yes
Trade unions
Yes
children
-
Employers’ organisations
Yes
Local
No
N.A.
-

Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy

Ministry in charge of employment/labour
-
Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
-
Sectoral ministry
-
Other
-
N.A.
Yes

Employment policy goals

Economic growth
-
Decent work
-
Employment as central to development strategy
-
Employment creation /promotion
-
Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
-
Freely chosen employment
-
Full employment
-
Poverty reduction
-
Productive employment
-
Protection of workers' rights
-
Reduce unemployment
-
Reduce underemployment
-
Social inclusion
-
Environment/green jobs
-
Other
-
N.A.
Yes

Strategic objectives

Strategic objectives
N.A.

Employment targets

Employment opportunities
-
Adequate earnings and productive work
-
Decent hours
-
Work that should be abolished
-
Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
-
Social security
-
Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
-
Other
-

Action plan for implementation

National action plan
Yes
Subnational action plan
-

Coordination framework

NEP coordination framework?
Yes

Monitoring indicators

Employment opportunities
Yes
Adequate earnings and productive work
Yes
Decent hours
-
Work that should be abolished
-
Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
-
Social security
Yes
Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
-
Other
Yes

Additional information:
- Employment rate for women with pre-school children. - Percentage of foreign labour in the total workforce (economically active population). - Registered unemployment rate. - Unemployment rate. - Unemployment rate among young people aged 15-26. - Growth rate of real wages (in relation to 2011) (accrued total). - Ratio of overdue wage arrears to the monthly gross payroll of organizations in the observed forms of economic activity. - Proportion of workers employed in harmful and/or dangerous conditions in the total number of workers. - Number of workers injured in workplace accidents and suffering from working incapacity for at least one working day or more, and fatal accidents per 1000 workers. - Number of persons with newly diagnosed occupational diseases (intoxication). - Ratio of the maximum unemployment benefit amount to the subsistence minimum amount for working-age population. - Number of persons aged 50 and over who have completed vocational training and additional vocational education, as well as persons of pre-retirement age, within the framework of the federal project “Senior Generation” under the national project “Demographics” (accrued total). - Percentage of the employed among persons aged 50 and over, as well as persons of pre-retirement age, who have completed vocational training or additional vocational education. - Ratio of citizens removed from the unemployment register due to employment to the total number of citizens who applied to the public employment service for assistance in finding suitable employment. - Percentage of recruited employees who continue to work at the end of the reporting period in the total number of employees recruited by employers under the agreement. - Ration of unemployed citizens registered with the public employment services in total unemployment in accordance with ILO methodology. - Percentage of women engaged in employment in the total number of women who have completed retraining and skills development, and are on parental leave with children under the age of three, as well as women with pre-school children who are not engaged in employment relations and who have applied to the employment services.

Target groups

Youth
Yes
Women
Yes
Informal workers
-
Rural workers
-
Older persons
Yes
People with disabilities
-
Migrants workers
Yes
Other
Yes
N.A.
-
No target group
-