28.06.2024
10:00–11:30
Labour Disputes
Congress Centre, conference hall E12
The primary goals of labour legislation are to establish state guarantees for the labour rights and freedoms of citizens, create favourable working conditions, and protect the rights and interests of workers and employers. As such, legislators, emphasizing that employees are the weakest party in employment relations and require additional measures of support from the government, have determined that the interests of the employer are also subject to protection. Various legal mechanisms can be used to ensure a balance of interests between employees and employers, including tools to consider and resolve labour disputes, which are far from ideal today from both theoretical and practical standpoints. Is it true that the employee is always the weaker party in employment relations? What are some of the procedural problems with employees and employers using various methods of interaction (including digital means) as part their employment relationship? How do pre-trial, extra-judicial, and judicial procedures for the consideration and resolution of labour disputes correlate in terms of effectively protecting the rights and legitimate interests of both parties in employment relations? The will and expression of will of employees within the dynamics of employment relations: what do we give preference to in practice? What are the limits of judicial discretion when resolving labour disputes and how do these limits relate to an employer’s freedom to make management decisions? Are any features of electronic justice involved in the consideration of labour disputes?
Moderator
Nelly Diveeva
Professor of the Department of Labor Law and Labor Protection, St. Petersburg State University
Speakers
Georgy Kuznetsov
Head of Legal Department, Chief Legal Labor Inspector, Union “Interregional St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Association of Trade Union Organizations “Leningrad Federation of Trade Unions”, Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
Vitalia Kuznetsova
Head of Group, Employment and Migration Law Practice, Pepeliaev Group
Denis Makarov
Deputy Head of the Legal Department, Russian Railways
Petr Shelisch
Chairman, All-Russian Union of Public Associations "Union of Consumers of the Russian Federation"
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Nelly Diveeva
Professor of the Department of Labor Law and Labor Protection, St. Petersburg State University
Georgy Kuznetsov
Head of Legal Department, Chief Legal Labor Inspector, Union “Interregional St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Association of Trade Union Organizations “Leningrad Federation of Trade Unions”, Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
Vitalia Kuznetsova
Head of Group, Employment and Migration Law Practice, Pepeliaev Group
Denis Makarov
Deputy Head of the Legal Department, Russian Railways

Petr Shelisch
Chairman, All-Russian Union of Public Associations "Union of Consumers of the Russian Federation"