Overview
- On November 11, lawmakers approved the measure in second and third, final readings at a plenary session.
- The Labor Code will now recognize termination when employers must reduce foreign staff to comply with regional normative acts.
- Since 2014, regions have been authorized to limit recruitment of foreign workers, with violations carrying fines up to one million rubles or suspension.
- Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin framed the change as giving regions greater ability to fine‑tune labor migration rules.
- The reports did not detail the remaining enactment steps or specify the implementation timeline.