Russian Federation, as of 01.01.2013
Administrative Structure
In 2012 some changes were made in the employment, social protection and health care systems governance. The existing Ministry of Health and Social Development, Russian Federation (MHSD) was divided into two Ministries: Ministry of Health (MH) and Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP). In the structure of new Ministry of Labour and Social Protection there are 12 departments.
1. Administrative Department;
2. Department of Complex Analysis and Prognosis;
3. Department of Demographic policy and Social Protection of the Population
4. Department on Affairs for the Disabled
5. Department of Wages, Labour Relations and Social Partnership
6. Department of Occupational Safety and Health
7. Department of Population Employment
8. Department of Social Insurance Development
9. Department of State Service Development
10. Department of Legal Regulation and International Cooperation
11. Financial Department
12. Department for Pensions
The main functions of the MLSP include:
· Development of the state policy, legislation and standards in the sphere of social security and insurance, labour, population employmet development of the population level of life and incomes, development of the demographic policy etc;
· Coordination and control of the federal services and federal agencies operating under the Ministry;
· Coordination and supervision of activities of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and Social Security Fund of the Russian Federation.
MLSP postal address:
21, Ilyinka str., 127994, Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel: (07) + 495 606 00 60
Fax: (07) + 495 606 18 76
Web-site (in Russian language): www.mintrud.ru
After the reorganization of the MLSP in 2012 there are now 2 funds and 1 service in function:
- The Federal Service for Labour and Employment;
- Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;
- Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation
The Federal Service for Labour and Employment (FSLE) is responsible for:
State control and supervision in the sphere of:
· implementation and enforcement of the labour legislation;
· registration and investigation of industrial accidents.
State control in the sphere of:
· provision of state guarantees in employment of economically active population;
· alternative civil service.
Registration of:
· unemployed and job-seeking persons;
· social partnership agreements on the federal level.
Provision of state services in the sphere of:
· labour market and job vacancies monitoring;
· facilitation of employment including professional orientation of job seekers in job vacancies and professional education;
· payment of unemployment benefits (assigned means from the Federal budget are transferred via the FSLE to the local employment services working under the guidance of the local administration which pay unemployment benefits);
· facilitation in settling of collective labour disputes etc.
Postal address:
1, Birzhevaya pl., 109012, Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel: (07) + 495 698 88 41
Fax: (07) + 495 628 71 14
Pension Fund of the Russian Federation:
Postal address:
4, Shabolovka str., 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel. +7 (495) 982 45 36
Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation
Postal address:
3-A, Orlikov per., 107139, Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel. +7 (495) 668 02 02
Fax: +7 (495) 669 02 34
Mr. Igor Zemlyanskiy,
Senior Specialist-Expert, Department of Legal regulation and International Cooperation,
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Russian Federation
Tel. +7 495 587 88 89 ext. 1955 fax: +7 495 606-15-14
E-mail: [email protected]
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
