This paper looks at differences in enforcement of employment protection legislation (EPL) across regions of the Russian Federation. The research is based on data from regional courts, State labour inspections and trade unions. These data have never been used by researchers. A special section...

The paper comments on new estimates of EPL stringency for Russia which implies that labor regulation in Russia is de jure very flexible. Alternative estimates presented in the paper suggest that by stringency of EPL Russia exceeds even those OECD countries whose labor markets are considered...