On 12 February, 2015, in Katerina hotel, Loftice organised and held the 11th practical administration round-table meeting for administrative managers, HR managers, and procurement department representatives.

The subject read, Year 2015: What To Plan And Prepare For.

Companies represented at the meeting included Abbot, AFI Development, Baker & McKenzie, Baring Vostok Capital, Baxter, BNP Paribas, Cargill, Covidien, Diageo, Dupont, Eli Lilly, Ernst & Young, Firmenich, Galderma, GM CIS, Gowlings, KRKA, L’Oreal, McCain, Media Markt, METRO, Mitsui & Co., OMK, ProfMedia Business Solutions, PROGRESS, Roche Diagnostika Rus, Sandoz, Societe General Insurance, Tetra Pak, Thomson Reuters, Uponor, and Velux.

Anna Andreyeva, CIS administrative manager with Ernst & Young, put up a presentation regarding anti-crisis management in the sphere of administration, speaking about cutting costs in the administrative department and the power of financial planning. Anna shared her experience in working with suppliers amid growing prices and presented new approaches to foreign-currency contracts and financial planning during a time of economic instability.

The second part of the meeting saw Yevgeny Reyzman, advisor with Baker & McKenzie, explain the finer aspects of the outlawing of agency work and the ban on using civil law contracts ‘in replacement of’ labour contracts’ (as per federal laws 116-FZ, 5 May, 2014, and 421-FZ, 28 December, 2013). He spoke about what employers and private agencies should expect, do, and hope for, as well as about the new limitations they were set to hit and the administrative penalties that officials and legal entities were facing for breaching the law.

We thank every participant for the warm atmosphere, lively discussion, and their huge desire to share knowledge and experience.

Our special thanks go Administrativny Direktor magazine for supporting our round-table meetings.