The agreement on cooperation on application of the Single wage rate book of works and professions of workers and the Job evaluation catalog of positions of employees

of January 13, 1999

The governments of the State Parties of this agreement (further - the Parties),

recognizing importance of social protection of workers when implementing of labor activity by them,

understanding need of settlement of labor activity and aiming at creation of the single regulatory base on work in the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States,

proceeding from commitment to fundamental documents of the UN in the field of human rights and to the principles developed within the International Labour Organization

noting that the created total market of work will provide combination of interests of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States to interests of specific employers and workers,

for the purpose of improvement of interaction of the Parties in questions of employment, social and professional legal guarantees of workers, and also provision of pensions

agreed as follows:

Article 1

This agreement regulates the main directions of cooperation of the Parties in scope of the Single wage rate book of works and professions of workers (further - ETKS) and the Job evaluation catalog of positions of employees (further - KS) when implementing labor activity by employees of the companies, organizations and organizations of the Parties irrespective of patterns of ownership (further - the companies).

Article 2

The parties will charge to the relevant national authorities to develop jointly on the basis of names of the works, professions and positions entering ETKC and KC, the Interstate qualifier of professions of workers and positions of employees (further - the Interstate qualifier).

Article 3

The parties will provide use of the Interstate qualifier for the purpose of creation of uniformity of names of professions of workers and positions of employees, requirements to professional qualification and level of knowledge of employees of the companies.

Article 4

Decisions on approval of the Interstate qualifier, inclusion and exception of names of professions of workers and positions of the employees entering the Interstate qualifier are accepted by the Advisory Board on work, migration and social protection of the population of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States (further - the Advisory Board).

Article 5

The parties shall finance actions for creation of the Interstate qualifier, development of tariff and qualification and qualification characteristics of ETKC and KC.

Amounts, procedure and financing terms of the specified actions are determined by authorities of the Parties.

Article 6

For the purpose of ensuring high professional level of employees of the companies which are legally living and working in the State Parties of the Commonwealth, the Parties will establish comparable requirements to the educational standards of training and assignment of qualification applied in the State Parties of this agreement.

Article 7

The parties will charge to the relevant national authorities to carry out the analysis of the procedure for assignment of names of professions of workers and positions of employees existing in their states and in necessary cases will take measures for enhancement of national regulatory framework in the specified area.

Article 8

In the documents confirming labor activity, record of names of professions of workers and positions of employees is made according to ETKC, KC and the Interstate qualifier in language of the state in which the worker, according to the legislation on languages of this state constantly lives.

For person performing labor activity out of the territory of the state of permanent residence, the document confirming its working life is notarially certified statement (in Russian) from the document confirming its labor activity and existing in the territory of the state of permanent residence.

Article 9

Each Party applies ETKC, KC and the Interstate qualifier according to the labor law of the state.

Article 10

The parties will charge to relevant organs of the states to inform the Advisory Board on the specific measures taken by them for the purpose of implementation of this agreement.

Article 11

Changes and additions by common consent of the Parties can be made to this agreement.

Changes and amendments are drawn up by separate protocols which are integral part of the Agreement and become effective according to the procedure, stipulated in Article the 13th this agreement.

Article 12

The matters of argument connected using or interpretation of this agreement, are permitted by consultations and negotiations of concerned parties.

Article 13

This agreement becomes effective from the date of its signing, and for the State Parties which legislation requires accomplishment of the interstate procedures necessary for its introduction in force, - from the date of submission of the relevant documents to depositary.

Article 14

This agreement is open for accession to it of other states sharing its purposes and the principles by transfer to depositary of documents on such accession.

Article 15

This agreement is effective within five years from the date of its entry into force. After this term the Agreement is automatically prolonged every time for one year if the Parties do not make other decision.

Article 16

Each of the Parties can leave this agreement, having sent the written notice of it to depositary not later than six months to exit.

It is made in the city of Saratov on January 13, 1999 in one authentic copy in Russian. The authentic copy is stored in the Executive Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Independent States which will send to each state which signed this agreement, its verified copy.

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