# Translation On May 25, Vladimir Putin signed a law increasing the maximum duration of overtime work in Russia from 120 to 240 hours per year. According to an assessment by the human rights project "On Equal Terms," which provides assistance in labor disputes, the law is primarily beneficial to employers and reduces the level of worker protection. A lawyer from the "On Equal Terms" project, in a comment to The Insider, noted that the main problem with the bill is not only the increase in the overtime limit itself, but also that the grounds for overtime work exceeding 120 hours can now be established at the level of collective agreements: "The increase in overtime hours occurs exclusively in the interests of the employer.