 Fresh Overview of Legal Changes — May 2026. Three key points for business: 1️⃣ The Social Fund of Russia clarified: if an employee falls ill during a period of downtime, benefits are not paid. If the illness occurred before the downtime, payment is made in a special order. Check your sick leave calculations. 2️⃣ Courts confirmed: requiring employees to arrive at work 10 minutes before their shift constitutes overtime work subject to payment. Time spent on the employer's premises at the employer's instruction equals working time. 3️⃣ The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation equalized the rights of adoptive parents to parental leave with those of biological parents. The gap in legislation has been eliminated. The full digest with an analysis of each position is already on the blog. Subscribe to not miss changes in legislation. #lawyer #labor_law #legislative_changes #hr #personnel_records