UrBC, Moscow, September 26, 2016. Russia’s Finance Ministry suggested not paying any pensions to people who’ve reached the retirement age but are still employed and earn over 500,000 RUR a year, Kommersant reports. They also have some less harsh proposals, with no-pension threshold at over 1m RUR a year. The Finance Ministry also recommends canceling the flat payment of 4,559 RUR a month for those whose income exceeds 2.5 living wages (22,000 RUR a month). The goal is to keep the federal budget balanced in 2017-2019. According to the officials, the no-pension amendment for those with income

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 26, 2016. Labor productivity was estimated at 4.238m RUR per worker at Unako Group’s Urals Energy Construction Company last year, which was under half the amount for the year 2014 (9.147m RUR), the company’s accounting report states. Per-worker output dropped from 624,178 RUR down to 276,956 RUR. Urals Energy Construction Company is based in Yekaterinburg. The company deals in construction and repairs of electric mains and 0.4- to 500-kilowatt substations.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 26, 2016. Ural public prosecution authorities for transportation detected some 2,000 labor rights violations in railway, air-, and water-borne traffic organizations in the first half of the year, their press service reports. The authorities issued 725 protests and 108 reports and made 198 people face disciplinary and administrative liability.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 26, 2016. Verknyaya Tura’s primary employer Verkhneturinsky Machine-Building Plant now uses MegaFon as its corporate telecommunications provider, the company press service reports. Switching to MegaFon means the plant can now halve its mobile communication expenses. The decision to do business together was announced by MegaFon and the plant on the eve of Machine-Builder’s Day. ‘The company works with numerous partners throughout Russia as well as abroad; these partners appreciate the quality of our produce and our meeting contractual obligations. To make sure

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, September 26, 2016. The world’s leading independent auditor, the Swiss company SGS certified Mikheyevsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise’s quality management systems for compliance with international standards, Russian Copper Company’s press service reports. ‘SGS has worked with such international giants as Bayer, Boeing, and Siemens in the past, as well as with the Russian companies Gazprom and Lukoil. Russian Copper Company’s asset is now also among its clients. These certificates prove that Mikheyevsky is one of Russia’s most advanced ore mining and processing