The Russian State Duma adopted in the first reading a law providing for mandatory competitive selection during the conclusion and extension of an employment contract with cultural workers.
Creative workers will be obliged to undergo recertification every five years. According to the Interfax news agency, the adopted innovations will be included in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. These innovations are related to employees of theaters, cinema, circuses, concert organizations..
The new bill states that for creative workers who work on the basis of an open-ended employment contract, once every 5 years, competitions will be held to fill the position occupied by a creative worker. According to the innovations, if such an employee is not elected during the competition or refuses to take part in it, then this will be the basis for terminating the employment contract with him..
The State Duma will consider a bill on the recertification of creative workers. At the moment, all creative workers who entered into an employment contract more than five years ago will have to take part in a competition for filling positions within the next year after the adoption of this law. Members of the Committee on Culture of the State Duma of the Russian Federation said that some amendments should be made to the bill for the second reading..
