Protection of social rights of workers

A mechanism has been established at the legal level that will allow employees of an organization to receive all the social benefits due to them in the event that operational search or investigative measures are carried out against their employer. The Supreme Council supported the legislations of the PMR Prosecutor in two readings at once at the plenary meeting, taking into account the amendments of the relevant parliamentary Committee on Social Policy, Healthcare, Labor, Family and Childhood Issues.

The reason for the development of the law-in-draft was numerous appeals from employees of Umeter LLC (the 5 Pockets stores). Head of this organization has been in custody and, as a result, has not fulfilled his duties since July 2023. Thw company’s employees could not receive the social benefits they were entitled to by law because of this.

We are talking about the following social payments:

– maternity benefit in the amount of 170 minimum wages;

– a one-time benefit for the birth (adoption) of a child 242 minimum wages and additional payments for the birth of the first, second and subsequent children;

– a one-time benefit for women registered in medical institutions in the early stages of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks) in the amount of 25 minimum wages;

– monthly allowance for child care up to 2 years old in the amount of 121 minimum wages;

– social benefit for funeral in the amount of 242.5 minimum wages.

From February 1, 2024, the amount of social payments, compensation and maternity benefits was increased in Pridnestrovie by the calculated level of the minimum wage from 9 rubles 70 kopecks to 10 rubles 70 kopecks increasing.

Changes were made to several laws at once – “On state benefits for citizens with children”, “On providing benefits for temporary disability, pregnancy and childbirth to citizens subject to state social insurance”, “On burial and funeral business” and “On the Unified State Fund social insurance of the PMR".

The detailed procedure for assigning and paying the above benefits will be established by the regulatory legal act of the PMR Government.

The draft laws adopted at the plenary session will be sent to the President for signature. The new norms will come into force 14 days after signing by the head of state and will apply to legal relations arising from August 1, 2023.

The initiative of the Prosecutor of the Republic implied Initially amendments to the Labor Code of the PMR.

As a result, changes to the Labor Code proposed by the PMR Prosecutor were rejected. The Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare will develop a new legislative initiative to resolve all issues related to the issuance of work books and termination of labor relations.