“From my point of view, of course, it is good if the legislator wants to protect the labor rights of citizens,” the lawyer notes.

She explained that the absence of an employment contract could subsequently threaten with a small pension and the lack of necessary deductions.

Nevertheless, according to the expert, in the context of sanctions pressure and in the post-pandemic period, it can be dangerous to tighten laws against entrepreneurs.

“Many entrepreneurs will go bankrupt or not be able to employ anyone at all.

Maybe in a year to consider this law, with the condition that the economy will grow and there will be no excessive pressure,” Yarmush believes.

Earlier, Vlasov proposed to raise fines for individual entrepreneurs for evading the execution of employment contracts with employees.

The legislator noted in the appeal that one of the most common abuses of employers in relation to employees is the evasion of concluding an employment contract provided for by law.

Having agreed verbally on working conditions and the amount of earnings, an employee not protected by a written agreement may end up without wages, he stressed.