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| Region | Russia |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 3 of the Labour Code prohibits employment discrimination but does not explicitly mention sexual orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been fired for coming out, although some people have successfully challenged discriminatory dismissal. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ctw/date/2013-08-13/segment/01 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/25/russian-court-rules-transgender-womans-firing-unlawful https://www.stonewall.org.uk/system/files/russia_global_workplace_briefing_2018.pdf |
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Revision History (12)
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| Value | (REMOVED) | No protections |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | No protections |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | No protections | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Article 3 of the Labour Code prohibits employment discrimination but does not explicitly mention sexual orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been fired for coming out. | Article 3 of the Labour Code prohibits employment discrimination but does not explicitly mention sexual orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been fired for coming out, although some people have successfully challenged discriminatory dismissal. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#russia https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ctw/date/2013-08-13/segment/01 | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ctw/date/2013-08-13/segment/01 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/25/russian-court-rules-transgender-womans-firing-unlawful https://www.stonewall.org.uk/system/files/russia_global_workplace_briefing_2018.pdf |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | No protections |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | In one area a person was charged for refusing to hire a gay person. | Article 3 of the Labour Code prohibits employment discrimination but does not explicitly mention sexual orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been fired for coming out. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#russia | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#russia https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ctw/date/2013-08-13/segment/01 |
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| Description | Lgbt people can be fired. As well as state sponsored toward the lgbt community. As well people can refuse to host events to support lgbt events. Full discrimination protection in Sea of Azov. | In one area a person was charged for refusing to hire a gay person. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2018/04/16/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles#russia |
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Reports (3)
- Status is not correct "In reality there are a lot of discrimination of lgbt people at workplaces. And also a lot of open lgb and a lot of transpeople with unchanged documents cannot get the job or a hired (especially after transition). But it's almost impossible to prove at court."
- All information is correct, just adding sources "Russian Court Rules Transgender Woman’s Firing Unlawful
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/25/russian-court-rules-transgender-womans-firing-unlawful"
- Status is not correct "There is prohibition of discrimination on all characteristics irrelevant to the job - it was widely applied to protect LGBT people. "
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/04/future-not-front-us-its-inside-us |
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| Value | No protections | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Lgbt people can be fired. As well as state sponsored toward the lgbt community. As well people can refuse to host events to support lgbt events. | Lgbt people can be fired. As well as state sponsored toward the lgbt community. As well people can refuse to host events to support lgbt events. Full discrimination protection in Sea of Azov. |
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| Start Date | Feb 8, 2018 | Feb 12, 2018 |
| Description | Lgbt people can be fired. As well as state sponsored toward the lgbt community. | Lgbt people can be fired. As well as state sponsored toward the lgbt community. As well people can refuse to host events to support lgbt events. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/08/olympics-have-left-sochi-dont-forget-lgbt-russians | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf |
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| Start Date | Jul 29, 2013 | Feb 8, 2018 |
| Description | Lgbt people can be fired. | Lgbt people can be fired. As well as state sponsored toward the lgbt community. |
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| Sources | No | https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/08/olympics-have-left-sochi-dont-forget-lgbt-russians |