RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On Amendments to the Federal Act on Minimum Wage Law and other legislative acts of the Russian Federation Adopted by the State Duma on April 4, 2007 Approved by the Federation Council on April 13, 2007 (In the wording of the Federal Law from 22.06.2007 N 116-FZ) Article 1 of the Russian Federation. 2729; 2002, N 18, sect. 1722; N 48, sect. 4737; 2003, N 40, sect. 3818; 2004, N 35, sect. 3607; 2005, N 1, article (24) The following changes: 1) Article 1 should be redrafted to read: " Article 1. Set the minimum wage from 1 September 2007 in the amount of 2,300 roubles a month. "; (2) in article 2: second part of the first supplement with words", extra-budgetary funds, as well as funds received from business and other gainful activities "; part three of the third to declare invalid; 3) Article 3 should read as follows: " Article 3. The minimum wage is used to regulate wages and to determine the amount of benefits for temporary incapacity for work. The application of the minimum wage for other purposes is not permitted. ". Article 2 OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3; 2004, N 18, article 1690; N 35, sect. 3607; 2006, N 27, sect. 2878), the following changes: 1) part two of article 129 to declare void; (2) in article 133: , in the name of the word "minimum wage", replace the words "minimum wage"; , in part one, the word "size" should be replaced by the word "quantities"; paragraphs 2 to 4 of the second sentence should be supplemented with the words ", extrabudgetary funds, as well as funds derived from business and other revenue-producing activities"; part three after the word "employee" to add to the word "fully"; part four of the void; 3) to supplement article 133-1 as follows: " Article 133-1. Fixing the minimum wage in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation In the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, a regional minimum wage agreement may set the minimum wage OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The size of the minimum wage in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation may be set for employees working in the territory of the Russian Federation concerned, with the exception of employees of organizations financed from of the federal budget. The size of the minimum wage in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation is based on the social and economic conditions and the minimum subsistence level of the working population in the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The size of the minimum wage in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation cannot be lower than the minimum wage established by federal law. The size of the minimum wage in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation is provided by: organizations financed from the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation-from the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; Extrabudgetary funds, as well as funds received from business and other income generating activities; organizations financed from local budgets, from local budgets, extrabudgetary funds and funds, from business and other revenue-producing activities; other employers-by their own means. The drafting of a regional agreement on the minimum wage and the conclusion of the said agreement is carried out by the tripartite commission on the regulation of social and labour relations of the relevant subject of the Russian Federation. The Federation is established in accordance with article 47 of this Code. After the conclusion of the regional minimum wage agreement, the head of the authorized body of the executive power of the subject of the Russian Federation proposes to the employers who carry out activities in the territory OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The proposal shall be officially published together with the text of the agreement. The head of the authorized body of the executive branch of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation notifies the publication of the proposals and the agreement by the federal executive body responsible for the formulation of public policy. Legal and regulatory framework in the area of labour. If employers undertaking activities in the territory of the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation within 30 calendar days from the date of the official publication of the proposal for accession to the regional agreement on The minimum wage has not been submitted to the authorized body of the executive branch of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation with a reasoned refusal to accede to it, the said agreement is considered to be common to these employers from the day Official publication of the proposal and subject to mandatory publication of their performance. An employer's consultation protocol with an elected body of the primary trade union organization, which brings together workers in the employer, and a proposal for a timetable for raising the minimum wage for workers, should be annexed to that refusal. The size of the agreement. If the employer refuses to join the regional minimum wage agreement, the head of the authorized body of the executive branch of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation has the right to invite representatives of this Employer and representatives of the elected body of the primary trade union organization, which brings together employees of the employer, to hold consultations with the representatives of the parties to the Tripartite Commission on the Regulation of Socio-Labour OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Representatives of the employer, representatives of the elected body of the primary trade union organization and representatives of the said Tripartite Commission are required to participate in these consultations. Copies of the written refusal of employers to join the regional minimum wage agreement are sent by the authorized body of the executive branch of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation to the relevant territorial entity. The body of the federal executive body, which is authorized to carry out State supervision and control over the observance of labour laws and other normative legal acts, which contain the rules of labour law. The monthly wage of an employee working in the territory of the respective constituent entity of the Russian Federation and in labour relations with the employer for which the regional minimum wage agreement shall operate in accordance with the provisions of article 48, paragraphs 3 and 4, of this Code, or where the said agreement has been circulated in accordance with the procedure set forth in paragraphs 6 to 8 of this article, may not be less than the minimum wage. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION " If the parties to the Russian Tripartite Commission The recommendations are approved by the Government of the Russian Federation and the opinion of the parties of the Russian Tripartite Commission on the Regulation of Socio-Labour Relations is brought to the end of the year. THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Federation. "; 5) in article 144: , in the second word" may "replace the word" set ", the word" workers "should be deleted; , in part three, replace the word" groups "with the word" groups "; (6) Article 421 should be amended to read: " Article 421. The order and deadlines for the introduction of the minimum wage, which is provided for in the first part of article 133 of this Code Order and deadlines for the stepwise increase of the minimum wage to the size, Part 1 of article 133 of this Code is established by federal law. ". Article 3 Article 3 Article 5.27 Russian Federation Code OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1; 2005, 1752) replaced by "one thousand". (In the wording of Federal Law of 22.06.2007) N 116-FZ) Article 4 Confess: 1) Article 4 of the Federal Law of 4 February 1999 N 22-FZ "On remuneration of employees of federal state institutions" (Russian legislature, 1999, No. 7, art. 869); 2) Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Federal Law of 1 October 2003 N 127-FZ "On introducing amendments and additions to the Federal Law" The minimum wage " (Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation, 2003, N 40, art. 3818); 3) article 113, paragraph 4, and article 128, paragraph 3, of the Federal Act of 22 August 2004 N 122-FZ " On amendments to OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION legislative (representative) and executive organs of the State OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3607); 4) Paragraph 4 of paragraph 119 and paragraphs 10 and 11 of Article 1 of Article 1 of Federal Law of 30 June 2006 N 90-FZ OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2006, N 27, sect. 2878). Article 5 The adoption of this Federal Act does not allow for the reduction of tariff rates, salaries (salaries), salary rates and compensatory payments (surcharges and compensatory payments) of a nature, including work in conditions deviating from normal, working in special climatic conditions and in areas affected by radioactive contamination and other compensation payments) that have been established prior to the day of its entry into force power. Article 6 This federal law shall enter into force on 1 September 2007. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 20 April 2007 N 54-FZ