Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Ministry of Labor of Russia

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Labor of Russia) is a federal ministry that performs the functions of developing state policy and legal regulation in the field of demography, labor, living standards and incomes, wages, pensions, including non-state pension provision, social insurance, conditions and labor protection and social protection. May 21, 2012 transformed from the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Labor has the right to carry out legal regulation in the following areas:

• living standards and incomes of the population;
• labor;
• remuneration;
• pension provision;
• social insurance (excluding compulsory health insurance);
• occupational health and safety;
• social partnership and labor relations;
• employment and unemployment;
• labor migration;
• alternative civil service;
• state civil service (except for remuneration issues);
• social protection and social services of the population;
• guardianship and guardianship of adult incapacitated or not fully capable citizens;
• providing prosthetic and orthopedic care;
• rehabilitation of persons with disabilities;
• medical and social expertise;
• demographic policy.

Subordinate executive bodies and state funds

For 2024, the subordinate authorities of the Ministry of Labor include:

• Federal Labor and Employment Service (Rostrud).
• Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation (EMF)

History

2021: Creation of an institution subordinate to the Ministry of Labor "Information Technologies in the Social Sphere"

In mid-February 2021, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order of the Government of the Russian Federation on the creation of an institution subordinate to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation called "Information Technologies in the Social Sphere." Read more here.

2020: Draft changes in payments from the FSS

In April 2020, it became known that the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection RUSSIAN FEDERATION has prepared a draft amendment to the legislation, according to which, from January 1, 2021, the format of payments will change from SOCIAL INSURANCE FUND Russia in case of temporary disability of a citizen or the appearance of a newborn. Changes in legislation require adjustments to the most popular IT systems: Human resources department and accounting. How to make the necessary changes efficiently and in the necessary time, and at the same time simplify the work of the personnel service? More. here