The history of the work books that the Duma decided to convert to electronic form (the upper house is going to ratify the Duma's digitalization in a week, but there seems to be no objection) is quite old.
They were invented in France in the 18th century, when neither digitalization nor the pension of workers was heard. So you can also call them French books (such as Epsom salt or French disease).
More than two centuries ago, a model was built that survived to this day:
a) they were not hired without a book;
b) the book was kept by the employer;
c) the date of employment was recorded in the book, and then the reasons for dismissal.
That is, the dismissal of the article promised the employee troubles back in the long era of camisoles and wigs.
Uvriers saw the harm from the books in that they made them very dependent on the entrepreneur, who had the opportunity to write down in the book what he wanted, and then go prove it. Entrepreneurs, who, in fact, pushed the introduction of books, indicated that it was impossible to do without them, because you couldn’t buy a pig in a poke and hire a person who was not known. Then when you look in the book - and everything becomes clearer.
Why France is also clear. She was at that time the most advanced country, and at the same time the police herself, able to not only declare the order of labor relations, but also achieve its implementation. See the 90s of the last century in liberated Russia, when the rules for applying for work with work books seemed to remain, but were very, very respected.
If the disciplinary and police function of the French book is long-standing and original, then another and more attractive for the employee has appeared historically quite recently.
This refers to the importance of the book when assigning a retirement pension. And the salary, and the duration of the total, as well as continuous work experience - all this was calculated from the book and poured into the specific amount of the pension. Very interesting for a retired employee.
In modern Russia, this function of the work book has remained predominantly. When it comes time to accrue a pension - a book is needed.
Although this function has a tendency to wither away. Last year, the crown argument was pulled out of the zagashnik: “Retirement is still impossible, by and large it seems to be absent, so what is to make noise and resent about imaginary values”. In reality, this is not entirely true. Too many people live, although not too luxuriously, precisely on an official retirement.
But the partisans reflected the opinion of the reformers, proceeding from the fact that this was only a concession to public sentiments. While the whole of modern life has changed very much and will change, the industrial era is becoming a thing of the past, and with it its brainchild as the mass pension system. And the man himself will be the blacksmith of his happiness, he himself will accumulate a pension and spend.
Last year, projection reformers stopped saying it out loud - you can agree on drecolies, but in their heart they are unlikely to betray the ideals of a beautiful new world, and to the best of their ability they will bring it closer to the dawn. Yes, even if not brought closer. Nobody really knows what to do with precarious work, which absorbs more and more new workers without returning, and with the new class - the precariat. Neither in Russia nor in the whole world.
And what kind of pension does the precariate have and what kind of employment record?
But then an important digitalisation undertaking, perhaps - it is necessary to consider the costs and benefits here - will bring certain benefits in the next (5-10 years) time frame. But the pension business is long, 25-30 years and even more.
When the current tax generation enters the “golden age”, as well as the “age of happiness,” labor books may be forgotten altogether, as they have forgotten about VCRs and 5-inch floppy disks.
There is nothing good here, but inevitability is not always good.
A steam engine reached the highest technical perfection in the late 40s of the XX century. Ten years before they began to be massively sent to scrap. There is no certainty that with the technically perfect digitalization of French books it will turn out better.
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.