the Transition of many Russians “udalenka” have raised the issue of four-day working week, said the Chairman of the security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. According to him, these two formats are touching: if the person works remotely, and the working week can be shorter. Former Prime Minister sympathizes with the Russians complaining that the “distance” you have to work round the clock. Accordingly, it is important to adjust the Labour code, all issues related to remote employment and a shorter working week. It is noteworthy that a couple of weeks ago the same topic was raised in the state Duma the head of the Committee on labour and social policy Yaroslav Nilov. It is the coronavirus pandemic will encourage the transition to the four-day week, he added. We asked for comments to the experts.
Alex BARB, Professor of the Financial University under the government of the Russian Federation:
“we Have a working week is limited by law to 40 hours.
Probably, if the person recycles, it makes sense to shorten it. However, the transition to the four-day week means that the total number of working hours per day should increase, exceeding the standard 8. In General, the idea is very strange, because labor laws have not been canceled, and without serious reform of the LABOR code there is not enough. In the near future to do it, no one will. If you as an employer increase the hours of work, it is necessary to issue this special Supplement to the employment contract. If we’re talking about “distance”, it is important to prevent its final transformation into a dimensionless and outside anyone’s control format. By the way, as shown by opinion polls, many employers dissatisfied “udalenka” because, in their opinion, proper labor it is impossible to secure”.
Igor NIKOLAEV, Director of the Institute of strategic analysis FBK:
“on the one hand, the “is” provides a more flexible schedule, but often increases the burden on the worker, blurs the line between office and home. But I do not really understand how it relates to the question of the four-day working week, in many respects far-fetched. For example, we will formally announce the four-day week, but obviously, this does not relieve the person from complying with the provisions of the contract rule. Less it to work just would not, in terms of the relationship of employer and employee too, nothing will change: the first will continue to operate second to his own, as if nothing had happened. For me in this story, a significant final result, and hope that someday we will come to this civilized formula. And while you can only say transition costs”.
