The Russian Duma approves amendments to preserve the job of those mobilized in the war in Ukraine

MADRID, 27 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Russian State Duma, the lower house of the country's Parliament, has approved this Tuesday a series of amendments aimed at preserving the jobs of those who are mobilized to participate in the war in Ukraine, a decree approved last week by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which has led to protests.

According to information collected by the Russian news agency Interfax, the amendments to the Labor Code provide that, in the event that an employee is called within the framework of "partial mobilization", his job will be suspended during the period of service military, period in which the company may hire another person on a temporary basis.

Thus, the amendments contemplate that the termination of the employee's contract during this period is ruled out, except in cases of dissolution of a company or end of activities by the employer, as well as in the event that the period of the employee's contract expires. employee.

During the period of suspension of the contract due to the mobilization, the employee retains his labor rights, while additional guarantees are included for family members such as that they cannot be sent on business trips or work overtime, night shifts or weekends. , with a preference when it comes to keeping their jobs in case of workforce reduction.

Andrei Turchak, secretary of the General Council of United Russia, Putin's party, stressed last week that the aim of the amendments is to ensure that "after demobilization, the military man can return to the same organization and the same position he held before start military service under contract or by mobilization".

Putin framed the decision to decree a "partial mobilization" in the country in "the necessary and urgent measures to protect the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Russia" and warned that Moscow will use "all means" in case of " threatens the territorial integrity" of Russia. "It's not a bluff," he maintained.

For his part, the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, explained that about 300,000 reservists will be called up and pointed out that this "partial mobilization" will affect 1.1 percent of the country's mobilization resources.