On February 21, 2014 WatersOAG hosted Round Table on Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation.

Participants from major Russian and international companies shared their experience in dealing with practical aspects of migration laws.

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The two-day event brought together more than 2000 delegates including representatives of federal and regional authorities, heads of major Russian and international companies, investment funds and banks, representatives of chambers of commerce and other leading experts to discuss current issues relating to the investment climate in Russia. Ms. Olesya A. Galkova, WatersOAG Partner, attended the Forum.
The Forum was opened by Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow. Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister; Alexander Beglov, Presidential Envoy for the Central Federal District; Sergey Cheremin, Minister of Moscow Government, Head of the Department for Foreign Economic Activity and International Relations as well as Igor Slyunyaev, Minister of Regional Development of Russia were among the many speakers.
Topics under discussion included the protection of foreign investors` interests, amendments to legislation, approaches to the creation of a favorable investment climate, foreign companies’ experiences in the Russian regions.
The Second Moscow International Foreign Investment Forum outlined developing trends in Russian investment policy and the investment potential for foreign investors to undertake business activity in Russian cities and regions.

WatersOAG is pleased to announce that Lubov Lopatina (Gulyayeva) has returned to WatersOAG team after a lengthy leave.
Lubov Lopatina has a great deal of experience with WatersOAG specializing in corporate, immigration and labor law. Lubov is actively engaged in projects associated with her practice areas.

Chief accountants, compensation specialists (including heads of HR departments) and others listened to various examples regarding the calculation of average earnings and wages for weekend and public holidays including overtime pay per summarized recordings of working time.

There was great interest in the discussion on vacation pay.  . Key issues included how to calculate vacation pay if the company exercises summarized recording of working time and the amount of vacation pay if employee’s vacation is interrupted.  Many other examples were discussed as well.

At the conclusion of the seminar, participants noted the high professional level of the speaker, the easy and clear method of the presentation.  Participants expressed their desire to continue to attend subsequent events on the subject.

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”Thank you very much for the seminar. I found it very interesting, informative and held in a pleasant atmosphere. I think it was highly organized. I’d like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Tatyana Nikolaevna.  With great pleasure I will attend future seminars. It would be very interesting to talk about difficult cases of interaction with non-budgetary funds, insurance premiums calculation as well as payment due to sick leave and benefits.” -Head of Payroll Payment Department

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HR managers and specialists focused on special aspects of employment agreement conclusion and termination, internal labor order and labor discipline, secondary employment as well as military registration within the company as the lead speaker gave close attention to such as grounds for termination, order and procedure as well as proper document execution.

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“Thank you very much for your attention to this topic and organizing this seminar.  IiIt was held with the greatest care in a pleasant atmosphere. The speaker is true professional who presented the topic not only in a very interesting manner, but, that is most important, explained it intelligibly. It was a positive experience!” -Head of HR recordkeeping

“I really liked the format  –  round table, few participants and very comfortable environment. Pleasantly surprised by the speaker. She explained the topic in a clear and interesting way so I learned a few new details as well as get answers to questions proved to be very useful. Unfortunately, Alina and I were late and were already embarrassed to ask speaker`s name. If opportunity occurs, I will be sure to attend the seminar on personnel matters once again, because “Repetition is the mother of learning”, and life, as they say, cannot be specified by  Labor Code as controversial issues always arise, and sharing experience with colleagues is always helpful and pleasant! Thank you very much!”- Head of HR department

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