Overview
- The upper house approved amendments to the Labour Code allowing termination when employers must reduce foreign staff to comply with regional legal acts adopted under federal law.
- The State Duma passed the bill in its second and third readings on November 11 before it moved to the Federation Council.
- The explanatory note says the update removes uncertainty in cases where violating regional restrictions brings administrative liability but dismissals lacked explicit legal grounds.
- The initiative was authored by New People deputies Sardana Avksentyeva, Anton Tkachev and Vladimir Plyakin.
- Officials note that regions have set such limits since 2014, with violations punishable by fines up to 1 million rubles or suspension of operations.