The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection announced on Friday, June 21, that it has developed a draft decision to reduce the permissible share of foreign workers in eleven Russian regions by 2025.
In particular, it is said in the press service of the department. “The Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation, taking into account the proposals of the regions, has developed a draft decision on reducing the permissible share of foreign workers in 11 constituent entities of Russia. The Federation until 2025 …Additional restrictions on the use of foreign labor are planned in Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, Kaluga, Magadan, Ryazan, Samara, Amur regions, Udmurtia and Dagestan republics, Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk regions. In general, except for regional specifics, the defined permissible share of foreign workers remains unchanged.
“For 2025, there is a ban on hiring migrant workers in pharmacies, non-stationary retail facilities, markets and outdoor shops, tents and markets. The permissible share of migrants is set annually to regulate the attraction of foreign labor, taking into account the regional characteristics of the labor market for the priority employment of Russian citizens,” added the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation.