Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said on Thursday the intention of the government to prepare proposals on the translation of paper labor books into electronic format before the end of the year, RIA Novosti reports.. According to her, there is no immediate removal of paper documents, the transfer to electronics will be smooth with a period of parallel circulation of paper and digital documents.

Golodets noted that for the development of the system of electronic labor books in the Russian labor law should be provided for electronic document management. Since such proposals are supported by employers and representatives of trade unions, we have good opportunities to prepare a qualitative law, the Deputy Prime Minister noted..

The subject of electronic labor books was earlier raised by the head of the Savings Bank German Gref, who stated that in his present form labor books are inconvenient for employers, citizens and the Pension Fund.

About its readiness to consider the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation stated that it is ready to consider Sberbank's proposals. At the same time, the department noted the need to take into account the interests of not only employers, but also employees, primarily in terms of protecting their labor rights.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia stated that the rejection of paper labor books would be premature until the absolute reliability of the electronic data storage system.

The head of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolay Nikiforov told RIA Novosti that he supports this idea. Moreover, in his opinion, to translate workbooks into electronic form, there is no need for a special platform, since electronic labor books of Russians can be integrated with the portal of state services.

The idea of ??the abolition of labor books is discussed not for the first time.

In 2012, such proposals were prepared by the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, the newspaper "Arguments and Facts". According to the experts interviewed by the publication, today labor books are used only to confirm the position at previous jobs. For the calculation of pensions, the work book is no longer needed, since the registration of the pension business is carried out with the help of personalized accounting in the Pension Fund.