Article 156. Remuneration of labour when manufacturing faulty products

Faulty products produced through no fault of the employee are paid for as good products.

Entirely faulty products through the employee's fault are not paid.

Partly faulty products through the employee's fault are paid at reduced rates depending on the degree of product suitability.

Article 157. Payment of downtime

Downtime (Article 74) through the employer's fault if the employee informed the employer in writing about the beginning of the downtime, is paid in the amount of not less than two-thirds of the employee's average wages.

Downtime on the reasons, which do not depend on the employer and the employee, if the employee informed the employer in writing about the beginning of a downtime, is paid in the amount of not less than two-thirds of the base wage rate (salary).

Downtime through the employee's fault is not paid.

Article 158. Remuneration of labour while mastering new production (products)

The collective agreement or labour contract may stipulate reservation of the employee's previous salary for him for the period of mastering new production (products)

CHAPTER 22. RATING OF WORK

Article 159. General statements

The employees are guaranteed:

state assistance to the system organization of rating of work;

use of the systems of rating of work defined by the employer considering the opinion of the elected trade union body or established by the collective agreement.

Article 160. Labour norms

Labour norms - standard output, time, servicing norms - are established for employees in accordance with the achieved level of engineering, technology, organization of production and labour.

Labour norms may be revised as they improve or new equipment and technologies are introduced, organizational or other measures, providing an increased productivity are conducted, as well as in case of using worn-out and obsolete equipment.

The achievement of high level of production output (providing services) by some employees due to the use of new methods of work on their own initiative and the improvement of working places cannot be considered as the ground for revising the previously established labour norms.

Article 161. Development and approval of standard labour norms

Standard (intersectoral, professional and other) labour norms can be developed and established for similar jobs. Standard labour norms are developed and approved in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation.