Bad news for your HR department: if your company, like many in Russia, sent employees on vacation without formalizing it, now these people will be able to claim compensation for all the years worked. By law, she always relied on them, but in practice, employers often limited the payment to the last 18 months. The Constitutional Court recently declared this practice illegal.

Forbes magazine has published an annual rating of the most interesting young entrepreneurs - 600 people under the age of 30 from different areas: finance, art, technology, games, retail, etc. According to the publication, this is a list of bold businessmen formed as a result of an expert survey who create a revolutionary product in the usual markets in the USA and Canada. The rating, as last year, included three Russians.

The Constitutional Court confirmed the right of employees to compensate for unused vacation for all years of work. This can cause a wave of unscrupulous lawsuits Employees have the right to demand compensation upon dismissal for unused vacation for all the years of their work in the company, the Constitutional Court decided. This requirement has always been in the law, but since 2010, employers often refused it and paid compensation only for the past one and a half years.

On Monday, November 12, at the age of 95, the scriptwriter of comics Stan Lee died. For decades in the publishing house, Marvel Comics created several iconic characters-Spider-Man, Torah, Iron Man, Black Panther, Fantastic Four and many others. He is better known to Russian spectators in Camo in the films of the Marvel cinema -country - the comic book screenwriter will appear on large screens even after his death.

Bloomberg unveiled its annual ranking of the 50 companies to watch in the next year for those facing "unusual challenges" or coming to market with a product or service with "blockbuster potential." The agency briefly talks about what's interesting for each company in the next year, and provides some of their indicators, including the percentage of women on the board of directors. The only representative of Russia on the list was Rosneft.

After the collapse of oil by almost 7%, the ruble not only did not fall, but even strengthened during the morning trading on November 14th. Analysts interviewed by The Bell attribute this to the preparation of exporters for the tax period, as well as the fact that now the ruble is more dependent on geopolitical factors (sanctions). What's happening? The day before, oil fell to an eight-month low (more details here ).

The US Congress in the coming months will have to focus on public spending, the appointment of new judges and the agriculture bill, and therefore it is unlikely to pass laws on new sanctions against Russia, Bloomberg reports, citing key senators. What's happened? With the U.S. parliament in a lame duck position until new congressmen elected in November's midterm elections take office, outgoing parliamentarians have little time to pass sanctions legislation, the agency explains.

On Monday, Yandex may publicly present its Yandex.Phone for the first time, Vedomosti claims: a press conference is planned for this date, where the new products will be demonstrated. Almost nothing is known about the device's specifications, but in general they correspond to "inexpensive Chinese smartphones", the cost of the gadget will be about 20 thousand rubles, it will be sold in M.Video and VimpelCom stores. What is known.

In the oil market - a collapse. What are the reasons and what will happen to the ruble? The price of oil on Tuesday fell to an eight -month minimum, and Brent has already lost more than $ 20 from its maximums in October. It is time to prepare for the weakening of the ruble, experts say. Brent oil quotes with supplies in January on Tuesday collapsed at once at 6.6% - up to $ 65.47. This was the largest fall since July. WTI lost more than 7%, its price dropped to $ 55.69.

The price of oil on Tuesday fell to an eight -month minimum. The reason for this was the fresh forecast of OPEC, Trump's tweet and Put options for WTI brand oil. According to analysts, a collapse in the oil market will lead to a weakening of the ruble to 68.5–69 rubles. Continuation: why the ruble strengthened after the collapse in the oil market What's happened? Brent oil with supplies in January on Tuesday fell at once by $ 4.65, or 6.6%, dropping to $ 65.47.

The Federal Tax Service (FTS) has suspected tobacco companies of trying to evade taxes and is going to file claims against them for tens of billions of rubles, Vedomosti has learned . The companies themselves claim that tax authorities are making claims against the scheme, which has been used in the industry for many years. In any case, the final cost of cigarettes should not increase, experts say: the maximum retail price for cigarettes is regulated by the state. The essence of the charges.

In response to the ban on visiting the forum in Davos for Russian billionaires who fell under sanctions, Dmitry Medvedev promised to boycott the forum itself. If Viktor Vekselberg, Oleg Deripaska and Andrey Kostin are denied an invitation to the WEF, Russian officials and companies with state participation will refuse to participate in Davos, Medvedev said.