“We are introducing weekly monitoring of the situation on labor markets in the regions, primarily in single-industry towns, where there are increased risks from this point of view ... We will also monitor the situation with the payment of wages on a weekly basis,” he said during a meeting on economic issues .

His words are quoted by TASS.

Miustin previously warned of the inadmissibility of dismissal of employees under the pretext of the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

According to the head of the Cabinet, dismissals “in the current difficult situation should be an extreme measure,” otherwise, if enterprises decide to “take advantage of the hype around the coronavirus” and solve problems through cuts, “such enterprises will be checked by the labor inspectorate, the Federal Tax Service and the prosecutor’s office.”