The Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation has approved the order and forms of accounting of employees seconded on business trips. Accounting of seconded employee will be held in departure and arrival journals. The seconding company records the employee data in the departure journal. The company to which the employee has been seconded records the data in the arrival journal. The journal samples are given in the Appendixes to the Order.

The Order stipulates that the employer is obliged to keep the journals for five years as of the date of their issuing. An employee has to be appointed responsible for keeping the journals and for putting relevant notes in business trips certificates.

Approval of this order complicates business trips for foreign nationals to the regions for which they do not have work permits. Seconding of foreign employees on business trips is regulated by the Decree of the Government of Russia dated 17.02.2007 # 97. It stipulates the period of staying of foreign employees on a business trip not longer than 10 calendar days within the whole period of validity of a work permit or 60 calendar days in case of a travelling kind of work. However, up to the moment there was no control over movements of foreign employees on business trips. Coming into effect of the Order has led to such control, and inspection state authorities have gained an opportunity to impose sanctions for particular violations of labour and migration legislation.

The order was published in the “Bulletin of statutory acts of federal executive bodies”, # 44, 02.11.2009 and came into force 13.11.2009.

Natalya Leonova

Senior Lawyer

A3 Group Law Firm

Participants of the meeting discussed questions regarding execution of migration legislation and considered improper legal actions frequently taken by employers using labour of foreign nationals.

The seminar was attended by representatives from more than 100 companies.

The deputy minister for Labour, Employment and Personnel policy of the Kaluga region – the head of the Department for Labour and Personnel policy I.R. Batischeva has presented the results of working quota requests for 2009 to the participants of the seminar.

The leading associate of A3 Group Law Firm A.L. Mirzoyan has analysed improper legal actions frequently taken by employers using labour of foreign nationals.

A presentation of A3 Group branch establishment took place September 30, 2009, under the auspices of the Kaluga Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The presentation was attended by the heads of the regional administrative bodies, representatives of some foreign companies performing their activity in Kaluga and the region.

A3 Group leading specialists performed their reports on pressing issues of legalization and staying of expatriates on the territory of the Russian Federation and investment attraction of the Kaluga region. The head of the Investment Projects Support Department of the Regional Development Agency of the Kaluga region Maxim Grishin has noticed that A3 Group is one of the first companies which entered the market of corporate services of the Kaluga region with high quality and strong competence.

The administration representatives being at the presentation have also marked timely professional legal support of foreign business. Under the state – individual partnership A3 Group specialists will be included into working groups encouraging development of external economic relations with the Kaluga region.

The Round table organized by HeadHunter , the leader among operators the internet – recruitment, was held on June, 4th in conference hall of Korston-Hotel @ Casino Moscow.

The meeting was devoted to questions of recruitment abroad, and also works with foreign staff in branches of the Russian companies and attraction foreign staff in Russia.

On meeting there was a narrow circle of persons among which representatives of the large international and Russian companies, such as GAZPROM-EXPORT, ROSATOM, VTB, AFK-SYSTEM, RUSAL, GENERAL ELECTRIC, CAPITAL GROUP, etc.

Within the limits of the Round table, the partner of A3 Group Law Firm Alexander Jarkov gave a talk about «Legalization of the foreign employee of the company: the basic difficulties, decision ways. The examples from practice».

In connection with staff expansion, we are glad to inform you that on May, 12th A3 Group Law Firm has moved to new office, to the address: 21/11, Trubnaya Street, Moscow, Russia, 127051.

You can look the journey scheme on our site in section “Contact Us”.

Please, pay attention that fax number was changed, now it became same, as well as the basic phone number: +7 495 646 1115.

Electronic addresses of employees remained former.

We are glad to see you at our new, more spacious and comfortable office!

A3 Group Law Firm has participated in the Round table concerning the migratory legislation.

The Round table organized by The Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce, was held on April, 29th in office of Moscow representation Finnish-Russian Chamber.

The meeting subjects were advanced by two principal points: legalisation of the foreign employee of the company and practice of application of the new migratory legislation.

The partner of firm A3 Group Artak Mirzoyan which has given a talk about «Migration – the work permit and the working visa: practical questions at registration of quotas and permissions to work / of working visas» became the basic lecturer of a Round table.

A3 Group Law Firm thanks organizers of a forum, and also all participants for the interest shown to a round table and subjects of the report.

The partners of A3 Group Law Firm Alexander Klyusovets and Artak Mirzoyan have participated in Personal conference, which has passed in exhibition frameworks «Personal Moscow 2009».

Traditional Personal conference, organized by the Russian-German Chamber of Foreign Trade was held on April, 15th in Moscow expocentre.

Within the limits of the given conference, the partner of A3 Group Artak Mirzoyan gave a talk about «The work permit and the working visa: practical questions of procedure of reception. Actual changes in the migratory legislation».

The report subjects caused a keen interest from outside representatives of Chamber. For an hour Alexander and Artak consulted participants concerning the migratory right, explaining articles of laws, the rights and responsibilities of foreign citizens, resulting examples from own practice.

We believe that successful performance of A3 Group Law Firm at Personal conference will become the basis for continuation of cooperation with the foreign trade chambers.