According to the law, it is impossible to reduce a young specialist if the period of compulsory work has not come. The exception is the conditions stipulated by the labor legislation of the Russian Federation.
Young specialists are
Young specialists (employees) are graduates of special educational institutions of full-time education. This category of specialists undergoes training on a budgetary basis and is sent to work strictly according to the decision of the individual distribution commission in accordance with the specialty received. Young specialists are provided with special rights and guarantees in relation to other categories of workers.
The status of a young specialist is not assigned to graduates of higher and secondary specialized institutions, who studied on the job - part-time students. Young people who have completed the entire course of study, but have not passed the final certification, also cannot be considered young specialists. And also graduates who, according to Russian law, have the right to find a job on their own cannot be considered young specialists.
Conditions under which a layoff of a young specialist is possible
It is possible to lay off a young specialist before the end of the period of compulsory work, which is 2 years from the date of signing the labor contract, if he does not have a pre-emptive right to remain at work. Based on article 179 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the right to leave the workplace is granted to employees with higher qualifications and labor productivity
If the educational institution has decided to issue a certificate to the young specialist about self-employment, or about its redistribution, in this case the reduction of the young specialist is also possible. Termination of an employment contract with a young specialist, with a real reduction in staff and if all measures have been taken to employ him, is also lawful.
Conditions under which it is prohibited to lay off a young specialist
The law of the Russian Federation obliges, when reducing young specialists, to closely observe legal procedures, since the process of dismissing a young specialist is especially monitored by the state. According to the regulation on the rights and obligations of a young specialist, their dismissal is prohibited until the date of completion of the compulsory work prescribed in the certificate of job placement. And also it is illegal to transfer young specialists, without their consent, to a job whose profile is different from the specialty they received.
