SOURCE: PIXABAY
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Russia has published a list of leading regions in terms of the prevalence of remote employment, the Izvestia newspaper reports.
“The top 5 regions for the spread of remote employment mode included Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk regions,” the publication says.
At the same time, the Ministry of Labor, with reference to the monitoring of the portal “Work in Russia”, indicated that at the moment the number of employees working on the remote site is almost 3 million people – this is significantly less than in the same period in 2020.
“This is more than half the number of employees who worked remotely in May-June last year, when their share reached 11%, or 6 million people, ” the ministry said.