Overview
- The government, under its national model of doing business, set a December 2027 deadline to reduce the restricted list, which currently covers 100 jobs compared with more than 450 two decades ago.
- The Ministry of Labour will draft amendments to the order that limits women’s work in jobs deemed harmful or hazardous.
- Ministries, employers’ associations and trade unions must propose occupations for removal by March 2027 and conduct workplace risk audits.
- The Health Ministry, Rospotrebnadzor and the Federal Medical-Biological Agency will run epidemiological studies on how harmful production factors affect women in the reviewed roles.
- Transport and manufacturing are prioritized for review, and a senior lawmaker says newer technologies lessen physical loads and health threats; officials also signal similar updates to lists restricting work by minors.