Government Resolution No. 760 of 19 June 2026 is in force from 1 October 2026 to 1 October 2032. It sets a single numerical threshold: if an individual performer provides services to one customer through a platform for more than 60 hours a month, and this repeats for six consecutive months, the operator must introduce a restriction. One overloaded month does not trigger the criterion.
The duty to count the hours lies with the platform, not with the customer or the performer. The consequences of exceeding the limit also fall on the operator: the platform may restrict new orders. There are no fines or other liability for the customer under this rule.
The law itself, Federal Law No. 289-FZ of 31 July 2025 “On Certain Issues of Regulating the Platform Economy”, applies only to operators of intermediary digital platforms included in the register of the Ministry of Economic Development. The status of an intermediary platform arises from the moment of entry in the register. The thresholds for mandatory inclusion are set by Government Resolution No. 54 of 28 January 2026: an average daily Russian audience of at least 100,000 people in the previous year plus either at least 10,000 users with at least one paid transaction or a total transaction turnover of at least 50 billion rubles. The ministry must publish the register on its website by 2 November 2026.
The list of industries where the limit applies covers construction, warehousing, wholesale and retail trade, software development, information technology, advertising and market research, recruitment, land transport, real estate transactions, education, food production and supply, sports and entertainment, and maintenance of buildings and grounds.
For companies that engage performers under direct civil law contracts or contracts with self-employed persons without a registered platform, the 60-hour rule does not apply. The law uses the term “partner performer”, meaning a person who has concluded a contract with the platform operator. No such party arises in a direct contract.
A separate set of rights is provided for partner performers working on the platform. The operator must give at least 45 days’ notice of a unilateral change to the contract terms if it affects liability measures, the operator’s fee or the terms of acceptance of goods, and at least 15 calendar days’ notice in other cases. Pre-trial settlement of disputes with the platform has become mandatory: the operator must respond to a complaint within 15 days and, if it is found justified, cancel the measures applied within 48 hours.
Alongside the law, the Federal Tax Service is running an experiment to bring the staffing industry out of the shadows: FTS Order No. ED-1-22/404@ of 18 June 2026, from 1 September 2026 to 1 September 2027. Participation is voluntary and the list is closed: 34 organisations, the largest taxpayers, listed with their tax IDs in Appendix No. 1. Under the mechanism, the customer transfers part of the taxes directly to the staffing provider’s single tax account: 100% for the simplified tax and professional income tax, 75% for VAT and insurance contributions, and 50% for personal income tax. It is impossible to join the experiment on request, but staffing providers working with any of the 34 participants may face a changed settlement procedure as counterparties.
The main practical risk for a customer hiring individuals under civil law contracts remains the same and has not changed with the adoption of 289-FZ: the reclassification of a civil law contract as an employment contract. Article 15 of 289-FZ has effectively formalised the signs of permissible civil law relations: no schedule or internal work rules, the performer’s right to refuse an order without sanctions, payment for each order separately, and no additional social guarantees or paid leave. In the event of reclassification, insurance contributions and personal income tax are assessed for the entire period of actual work. The fine under Part 4 of Article 5.27 of the Administrative Code is 50,000–100,000 rubles for a legal entity and 10,000–20,000 rubles for an official; a repeat violation may lead to disqualification of the director for one to three years.
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