Every fifth Russian was fined at work

As shown survey “Rabota.ru”, 22% of respondents received monetary fines at work. More often than others, they were encountered by specialists working in the field of production and agro-industry, as well as trade and retail. The most common reasons for fines respondents named poor-quality performance of work (28%) and lateness (15%). Among the rarer grounds are the use of profanity, damage to company property, non-compliance with hygiene requirements and dress code. Basically, the amount of fines did not exceed 10 thousand rubles. (in 80% of cases).

The survey showed that 59% of respondents did not know that the employer has no right to impose monetary fines on employees. According to the Labor Code, the employer can bring to two types of liability – disciplinary and material. For example, reduce or completely deprive the offending employee of the bonus. There is no such thing as a “fine” in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.