REMUNERATION OF COAL INDUSTRY WORKERS: THE RESULT OF A SOCIAL DIALOGUE
The subject of the study is the wages of coal industry workers. The purpose of this article is to review the current state of remuneration of employees of coal mining companies since the coal industry is one of the key sectors of the Russian economy. In particular, the article considers the implementation of certain provisions established in the Federal Sectoral Agreement on the Coal Industry for 2019-2021 (extended and valid until 2024). The relevance of the study is due to the fact that one of the main subjects of collective bargaining and the most important indicator of labor is wages - a key and constantly improving tool for stimulating employees. The improvement of the remuneration system is a "living" process that should contribute to the creation of a remuneration system that encourages employees to high work results and ensures a decent standard of living for employees and the principle of equal pay for work of equal value (Article 22 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), in order to implement state guarantees for remuneration and attract qualified specialists in organizations. The research methods to achieve the set goals and objectives are structural analysis, systematic and comparative approaches, methods of statistical information processing. In the course of the research, the authors obtained the following results: the main financial, economic, and socio-economic indicators characterizing the industry were determined; the main trends in the remuneration of workers inherent in the industry were identified; options for setting the tariff rate of the first category in the Federal Industry Agreement were proposed. The authors draw conclusions about the need to develop more detailed industry agreements, as they contribute to an increase in the level of guarantees for employees, including in the field of remuneration.