On Difficulties of Application of Article 60.2 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation

The Labor Code of the Russian Federation contains a separate Article 60.2 on assigning additional work to an employee. There are different opinions regarding the application of this article: the necessity of signing a written agreement on additional work, the inclusion of the duties of a temporarily absent employee in the employee’s job function, and the payment for additional work. The author of the article attempts to comprehensively examine these issues, considering established judicial practice.