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Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets requested headed the Ministry of Labor Maxim Topilin consider the proposal of the Public Chamber on the prohibition of the use of social networks during working hours

According to “Izvestia” referring to was in their possession instructed Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, Mindrud discuss with the Federation of independent Trade unions of Russia, the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs (RSPP) and the Public Chamber of the question of the ban on the use of social networks during working hours.

in January, the chairman of the commission on social policy, labor relations and quality of life of citizens of the Public Chamber Vladimir Slepak sent to Olga Golodets a letter in which he proposed to consider the issue. The letter, which is also in the editorial office, Slepak notes that in Russia “the concept of labor discipline is perceived very arbitrary and known to all situations demo permanent private communication workers in chats or entrained active participation in computer games, which is a clear violation of the employment relationship.”

As an example of public-results received in January decision to the European Court of human Rights in Strasbourg, adopted a resolution on the case Barbulescu against Romania, according to which recognized an employer the right to know what his employee in the workplace, in particular, monitor the personal correspondence of employees

The press service of the ministry of Labor publication confirmed the information about the instruction confirmed, however, they noted that there are no preconditions to prohibit the use of social networks during the Office is no working day.

«Everything is spelled out in the Labour Code. Such questions may be regulated by collective agreement, local normative acts, such as internal regulations, job descriptions or, for example, in the organization of labor protection of workers instructions. Since appeals on this issue in the Ministry of Labor does not arrive, we conclude that the employers and employees without problems addressed these issues in the framework of the current legislation. What signals based initiative opinion of the author, we do not know “- said the Ministry of Labor.