Summing up the implementation of the Regional agreement between Smolensk regional Association of employers "the Scientific-industrial Union", Union "Smolensk regional Association of trade Union organizations" and the Administration of the Smolensk region in 2017-2019

19 December 2019 in the great hall of the House of Soviets was held the meeting of the Smolensk regional tripartite Commission on regulation socially-labour relations. In the meeting took part the acting Governor of the Smolensk region Konstantin Nikonov, the President of the Smolensk regional Association of employers "the Scientific-industrial Union" Alexander Fedulov, the Chairman of the employees ' Union Eugene Maksimenko, members of the regional tripartite Commission from the employers, heads of departments and organizations. In a videoconference the meeting was attended by heads of Executive-administrative local self-government bodies of municipal areas and city districts of the Smolensk region and the coordinators of the regional commissions on regulation of social-labour relations.

The meeting participants heard and discussed information about costs of a social nature foreseen in the regional budget for 2020, about the planned change of tariffs for electric energy for 2020 on creation of favorable conditions aimed at reduction of industrial injuries.

The Commission members approved the work plan of the Smolensk regional tripartite Commission on regulation socially-labour relations for the year 2020.

At the Commission meeting the parties of social partnership summed up the results of implementation of Regional agreements between the Union "Smolensk regional Association of trade Union organizations", the Smolensk regional Association of employers "the Scientific-industrial Union" and the Administration of the Smolensk region in 2017-2019 (hereinafter - the Agreement).

Speaking of the Smolensk regional Association of employers "the Scientific-industrial Union" Executive Director Oleg Kletno noted that over the past three-year period was conducted a huge work on the implementation of this agreement, the prisoner between Administration of Smolensk region, regional Union of employers and regional Association of trade Union organizations. And the main result of this work in our region have not admitted reduction of labour standards and social guarantees. The main commitments made by the parties to the agreement was EXECUTED. Development of industrial potential of the region, all parties create favorable conditions for economic and business activities, increase production and profit organizations, preventing delays and the elimination of arrears of wages, resolution of debt crisis, the most full employment of the economically active population, make suggestions for improving the current tax system, as well as sposobstvuya t an effective investment policy. Representatives of employers have taken and are taking an active part in the work of the regional commissions, public councils on issues affecting labour relations in the public hearings on execution of the budgets during the period under review, as well as in the joint consideration of the draft regional budget for 2020 and the planning period of 2021 and 2022. Of the enterprise (organization) Association of employers constantly provide the necessary working conditions, doing everything possible for the prevention and reduction of industrial traumatism and professional diseases, interacting with local authorities and public organizations in the field of labor protection, industrial and environmental safety. In the framework of the educational activities of the Association of employers involved in the establishment of social partnership between higher and secondary professional education to meet current and future needs of the labour market for skilled workers and specialists. Over the past period, received considerable development of social partnership at the municipal level. To date, all municipalities created and work of the Commission on regulation of social-labor relations it is pleasing to note that these bodies include representatives of our Association. The conclusion of territorial agreements is an important prerequisite to reduce social tensions and the absence of collective labour disputes in the region. In conclusion, Oleg Kletno noted that further work on the full implementation of obligations, development of social partnership at all levels, increasing the responsibility of the parties of this partnership was and will be, the fundamental tasks of the new Regional agreement.

Ended the session a ceremony of signing a new, already the eighth, the Agreement for the years 2020-2022, which was signed by the acting Governor of the Smolensk region Konstantin Nikonov, the President of the Smolensk regional Association of employers "the Scientific-industrial Union" Alexander Fedulov, the Chairman of the Smolensk employees ' Union Yevgeny Maksimenko.

 Alexander Fedulov in his speech noted thatalready more than 20 years, our regional 3-party Commission decides important questions of social-labor relations in society. And today, once again, we are signing is very important for the Smolensk region and for all Smolyan document — the Regional tripartite agreement between Administration of Smolensk region, the Smolensk trade unions and employers for the period 2020 - 2022. As always, the Agreement includes all the main and important points of development in our region concerning the economy, social partnership, labour protection, employment, training, the organization of children's rest and improvement of children, labour migration, raising the minimum wage, etc. by Signing this 3-party Agreement for the period 2020-2022 years, we thereby create a reliable platform for constructive cooperation between the social partners for the benefit of Smolyan and the whole Smolensk! On behalf of employers and labor collectives of the enterprises of the region I congratulate everyone with this event and, of course, happy New year and merry Christmas!