Russia to Ease Child-Labor Rules as War Squeezes Worker Supply
- Draft law would lift limits on hiring teenagers from age 14
- Economists warn mobilization, exodus to worsen labor shortage
A courier walks past a poster of a Russian soldier with the slogan 'Glory to the Heroes of Russia' in Moscow. Officials have warned that the call-up announced in September and the exodus of hundreds of thousands more Russians that followed are worsening an already-severe shortage of workers.
Photographer: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Russia is planning to ease restrictions on child labor, removing rules that had made it hard for teenagers to get jobs as the economy struggles under sanctions and the impact of the mobilization of 300,000 reservists for the war in Ukraine.
Citing the need to boost the supply of labor amid “sanctions pressure from unfriendly countries,” legislators from the ruling United Russia party proposed legal amendments to make it easier for teenagers from 14 years old to get part-time jobs.