graduate student from 01.01.2020 until now
"Lyubertsy District Television" LLC (General Director)
The article considers the problems associated with the consequences of the pandemic for employees of small and medium enterprises in the Moscow region, namely a reduction in their wages and termination of the employment contract due to a reduction of the wage Fund SMEs, despite government measures. The article presents statistics on dismissals of employees in SMEs, data on the volume of labor violations in the Moscow region at SME enterprises, the volume of citizens ' appeals to the labor inspectorate. Innovations in the Russian labor legislation introduced due to the pandemic, as well as violations of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, are considered. They also discussed current measures to support small and medium-sized enterprises in order to save jobs, as well as measures to support families who are in a difficult situation due to job loss. The article defines the ways for SMEs to get out of the crisis situation with their personnel in order to preserve it, by reducing working hours and emotional support for employees.
pandemic, unemployment, social crisis, wages, state support for business, state support for workers, social consequences of the pandemic
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