The expert mentioned cases of mandatory payment for test assignments during employment

The issue of payment at the stages of candidate selection before official employment is one of the most controversial in the labor market. From a legal, ethical and practical point of view, the situation may vary depending on the format of interaction, the industry and the goals of the employer, Evgenia Gankina, director of the Roskachestvo Organizational Development Department, told Izvestia on June 19.

"Most employers use test assignments to test a candidate's skills at the selection stage. If a test assignment does not require significant time, for example, it takes 30 minutes to 1.5 hours and serves solely to assess basic competencies, it is not considered a work activity, and therefore is not subject to payment," the specialist noted.

According to her, if the task is voluminous, requires the creation of a full—fledged product or can be used by an employer for commercial purposes, this is already work. In this case, it must be paid, the format and payment method are discussed between the employer or the candidate. Such test tasks are most often found in the IT field or design, where you may be asked to write a piece of code or develop a visual concept.

"An internship is a temporary job that a person (often a graduate or student) takes in an organization in order to gain practical experience and get acquainted with the industry. Practice is a mandatory stage of the curriculum provided for by the program of a higher or secondary vocational educational institution, and is also associated with initial immersion in labor functions in the specialty of study," the expert said.

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Types of activities are designed in different ways. The internship is organized by an educational institution that signs an internship agreement with the employer, which sets out the rights and obligations of the parties. The student gets limited access to the organization's data, which is necessary for him to complete the practice report. In this case, the internship is not paid for by the students.

As for the internship, in this case, the intern enters into an agreement with the organization. This may be a civil law contract (GPH), self-employment, or a fixed-term/indefinite employment contract. The internship involves the fulfillment of real work tasks, participation in projects, access to confidential organization data, and, accordingly, remuneration is prescribed in the contract.

"When we talk about the probation period, it is important to understand that in accordance with Article 70 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, it is an official stage of work, which is prescribed in the employment contract and which is subject to all norms of labor law, therefore, this period is also subject to payment according to the established salary in the staffing table and the rate at which the employee is employed."- Gankina summed up.

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