Over 24,000 Workers Brought Out of Shadow Employment in Bashkortostan

Bashkortostan has summed up its work to legalise employment relations. Speaking at a joint meeting of commissions, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Sport Ruslan Khabibov said that over the first nine months of this year, more than 24,000 people were brought out of shadow employment. Based on first-quarter results, the republic ranked seventh in the country by number of legalised workers.

90% of workers who moved out of the shadows remained in jobs with official paperwork. Revenue from personal income tax (NDFL) and insurance contributions to the republic's treasury for January to September grew more than 2% faster than wages themselves.

According to the Ministry of Labour, the risk of illegal hiring is high at marketplace pickup points, sawmill complexes and the agro-industrial sector. Last summer, a commission identified and legalised the work of 28 minors who were working without contracts. This year, authorities must check almost 800 organisations where employees are paid less than the minimum wage (MROT). Earlier reports noted that for all of 2025, 21,000 people were brought out of the shadow sector.