- The mobilized cannot be fired from their jobs while they are fighting in Ukraine.

Russian servicemen stand guard next to the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station near Kherson, Ukraine.

Putin's 'strange' agreement for soldiers and volunteers: one day of war will count as two days of contributions

The Russian government has announced this Friday that each day that mobilized Russian workers participate in the invasion of Ukraine will count as two days of seniority in the job they had before being recruited to participate in the war.

"From the point of view of seniority in the job, citizens participating in the special military operation will see how each day of participation in the same account as two days of work," said Russian Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

Thus, he has defended that "this allows them to obtain greater seniority, which will have its corresponding impact on their pensions in the future", while recalling that the Russian authorities had previously announced other guarantees to preserve the labor rights of workers. mobilized to participate in the war in Ukraine.

The Russian Parliament approved at the end of September a battery of measures aimed at preserving the jobs of people mobilized for the war, including the prohibition to terminate the employee's contract during this period, except in cases of dissolution of a company or end of activities by the employer.

In addition, during the period of suspension of the contract due to the mobilization, the employee retains his labor rights, while additional guarantees are included for family members, such as that they cannot be sent on business trips or work overtime, night or weekend hours. weekdays, with a preference when it comes to keeping their jobs in the event of workforce reduction.

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