The collective agreement enters into force at the time of its signing by the parties or from the date set out in the agreement and remains in force for the duration of the agreement. Within three days of the minutes of disputes being prepared, the parties consult and establish a conciliation committee; If the conciliation committee does not succeed, the parties refer the matter to a mediator who has been chosen by mutual agreement. A collective agreement is entered into in companies or units that have such a company and have legal personality, regardless of their type of ownership, their field of activity or the number of agents. Section 17. Control of the application of the collective agreement. The monitoring of the application of a collective agreement is carried out directly by the parties or their duly authorized representatives, as well as by the competent authorities of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Russian Federation. Unions or other representations authorized by workers are not allowed to ask executive bodies that do not have the status of employers or representatives of employers to enter into joint agreements. It is forbidden to include in employment contracts conditions of workers less favourable than those provided for by legislation, collective agreements or agreements. Section 5. Prohibition of acts that impede the conclusion, revision or application of collective conventions or agreements.
It is forbidden for the organs of the executive and management of industry, political parties and any employer association to intervene in any way to restrict the legal rights of workers or their representatives or to obstruct the exercise of these rights in the conclusion, revision and application of collective agreements and collective agreements. With the exception of funding provisions imposed by legislation, organizations or organizations created or funded by employers, as well as by the executive or management bodies of industry or political parties, it is prohibited to negotiate collective agreements or agreements on behalf of workers. Section 6. Right to negotiations. Each of the parties has the right to take the initiative of collective bargaining to prepare, conclude or revise a collective agreement or agreement. Employers and the bodies of the executive or economic management are required to engage in negotiations on labour and socio-economic issues that offer to examine them by trade unions or by other representations authorized by workers.