All about the profession of an economist at work

The effectiveness of the enterprise depends on the proper organization of work of employees. For this, the staff of any large company has a specialist who is directly involved in this. it labor economist.

Who is this? Labor economist - This is a specialist who regulates labor relations at the enterprise and solves emerging issues in the personnel management system. Only according to the order of the director can an employee be hired or dismissed from this position. These are mainly female employees; men are very rare. The employee is listed in OTiZ, which stands for Department for the regulation of labor and wages. A specialist who has diploma of higher or secondary technical education in the field of economics.

Labor economist 1 categories an employee is appointed whose seniority in such a position of category 2 is at least three years, and if he has replaced other economic professions, then the length of service must be at least 5 years.

Labor economist 2 categories there may be a person who has a diploma of higher economic education and at least three years of experience in the engineering profession.

This profession does not have its own approved professional standard. The professional standard defines the list of requirements for a specialist, therefore the profession “Specialist in labor migration” is closest to this specialty in the approved standard. Since the specialty is very similar to the economist for work, the company provides job description according to ECTS and professional standards in a similar specialty. First of all, when applying for a new job, an employee gets acquainted with its points. Job description includes such items.

1. The employee must take measures to improve the organization of labor and forms of payroll, apply measures that can push the employee to increase productivity, and therefore to his material or moral encouragement.
2. Draws up and develops successful plans for the year, taking into account the increasing prospects of labor and improving its organization.
3. Counts wage funds, based on the number of employees and their established salaries. Divides the PHOTO into categories and plots.
4. It analyzes the existing forms of remuneration at the enterprise, offers innovations that motivate employees to the best indicators of their work, which in the future are encouraged by monetary or moral compensation.
5. If an enterprise has increased labor productivity, improved production quality, reduced costs, and increased profit, then it has the right to develop a scheme for spending the additional funds received.
6. Introduces measures to provide material incentives for employees, develops them in accordance with the regulations on bonus payments for enterprises, reduces the calculation of payroll by combining professions between employees or expanding the service area.
7. It is directly related to the preparation of plans for the development of the social sphere among the employees of the organization; it is developing ways to strengthen discipline among employees and minimize staff leakage. It monitors how employees observe labor discipline and spend time on a shift.
8. Based on the existing management structure of the enterprise and the approved salaries of employees, it maintains and draws up the staffing table, makes amendments to it if new posts appear or tariffs increase.
9. Based on the current “Bonus Regulation”, it calculates the percentage of monthly bonus accrual.
10. It monitors the calculation of salaries by type of payment and the use of payroll, monitors the legitimate accrual of various allowances, the correspondence of the names of professions and positions with the ECTS, and the observance of workers' work and rest schedules in accordance with the Labor Code.
11. Engaged in monthly reporting on the results of labor and wages. It conducts a monthly analysis, at the end of the year it compiles a report for 12 months.
12. It compiles and generates data on the number of employees and their salaries, if necessary, changes or adjusts the data in regulatory or reference documents.
13. It determines the methods of application of the compiled practical programs that allow them to be used in data processing during the closure of salaries in the enterprise. The labor specialist has the right to get acquainted with new solutions and projects at the enterprise that relate to his area of ​​work. If there is a need, he can attract employees from other departments or sections to carry out the tasks assigned to him (if it is prescribed in the Regulation on structural units), if not, then he needs to coordinate his actions with the director of the enterprise and get permission from him.

This specialist must know organization of production and the economy, methods and stages of labor planning, documentation on attracting economic remuneration funds, as determined by the number of workers and engineers of the enterprise according to the department and profession. Must navigate and understand in ECTS, know the description of the qualifications of the position and its responsibilities. Labor laws, norms and rules of labor protection should also be familiar to him. The economist must know how salaries are established at the enterprise, how premiums and coefficients for wages are calculated, various types of surcharges, how the premium is calculated; must understandhow computer programs are used for calculating salaries and accounting indicators for labor.

Receive diploma of higher economic education to work as a labor economist You can at any university or college, where there are economic departments or faculties of personnel management. This may be the Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev-KAI, Voronezh State University, the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, which is located in Moscow. On the territory of Russia in its various regions there are a lot of institutions where you can get education in this area. It can be obtained both on a full-time and part-time basis, both on a budgetary and contractual basis. For advanced training, you can take courses that last only a few months.

The work of a labor economist may be any large enterprise where this position is provided. This can be a factory or a trading company, budget organizations of various types of management, where a lot of attention is paid to the organization of work, production standards and various kinds of incentives.

The employee must have an analytical mindset, because the profession is very versatile and responsible, requiring a lot of knowledge and skills that can be acquired only with experience. It is easier for an experienced specialist to find work, since university graduates have only some idea of ​​this profession, so the employer is reluctant to take them to their staff. In Russia as a whole, the salary of a labor specialist ranges from 20,000 to 70,000 thousand rubles.