E/C.12/RUS/CO/6 Minimum wage 30. While taking note of the information provided by the State party regarding the drafting of a bill to raise the minimum wage rate to subsistence level and the increase achieved, the Committee remains concerned that the minimum wage does not allow workers and their families to have a decent living, and that more than 5 million workers earn far less than the minimum subsistence level. The Committee is also concerned about the high number of complaints submitted to the Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights about wages below the minimum rate (art. 7). 31. The Committee urges the State party to adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures, including the draft bill on a minimum wage, to ensure that all workers receive a minimum wage that enables them to have decent living conditions for themselves and their families, consistent with general comment No. 23 (paras. 18-24). The Committee recommends that the State party take specific steps, including by means of labour inspections, to effectively enforce the minimum wage and that it impose appropriate penalties in cases of non-compliance by employers. Just and favourable conditions of work 32. The Committee is concerned about the working conditions of migrant workers, which are characterized by long working hours, non-payment of wages, wage arrears, and absence of health and safety regulations in the workplace. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned that migrant workers from countries outside the Eurasian Economic Union have limited access to social security and health-care services. The Committee is also concerned by the insufficient action taken by law enforcement and labour monitoring mechanisms to end exploitative practices in the labour market. While noting the positive impact of the measures taken to address the informal economy, the Committee is concerned that informal employment remains widespread in the State party (art. 7). 33. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Adopt the measures necessary to ensure that all migrant workers enjoy the same conditions as other workers as regards remuneration, protection against unfair dismissal, rest and leisure, limitation of working hours, medical insurance coverage and social security protection; (b) Improve the complaint mechanisms and legal assistance provided to migrant workers; (c) Ensure effective inspection mechanisms for monitoring the conditions of work of migrant workers, with a view to bringing exploitative employers to justice and compensating victims; (d) Step up its measures to gradually regularize the status of workers engaged in the informal economy, and in the meantime ensure that they are covered by labour and social protection laws; (e) Take into account its general comment No. 23. Right to strike 34. The Committee is concerned about the wide legal restrictions on the right to strike by workers of municipal services, civil servants who do not exercise authority in the name of the State and railway workers (art. 8). 35. The Committee recommends that the State party amend its legislation, including the Laws on Municipal Service, State Civil Service and Federal Rail Transport and the Labour Code, to ensure that workers can exercise their right to strike, without undue restrictions. Right to social security 36. The Committee is concerned that the State party’s social security system does not completely cover various population groups, in particular workers in the informal economy, 6