Article 356. Basic authorities of the bodies of Federal Labor Inspection.

In accordance with basic tasks, delegated, the bodies of Federal Labor Inspection exercise the following authorities:

implement the supervision and control over the observance of the Labor Code and other legal acts, containing labor regulations by way of inspection checks, surveys, issuance of binding instructions, pertaining to the liquidation of infringements and by calling the guilty to account for their deeds in accordance with the Federal Law;

analyze the circumstances and reasons of the infringements disclosed, taking measures for their liquidation and restoration of the citizens' labor rights infringed;

process the administrative infringement acts in accordance with the Federal Law;

provide relevant information in a due way and according to the procedures set, for the federal bodies of the executive authority, the bodies of the executive authority of the subjects of the Russian Federation, local governments, law enforcement agencies and courts;

realize measures, coordinating the activities of departmental supervising and controlling bodies and the bodies of federal executive authority, providing the observance of the Labor Code and other legal acts, containing labor regulations;

implement the preventive inspection of building of new and rebuilding of the operating industrial objects and

their putting into operation with the aim to eliminate project declentions, which can result in worsening of labor conditions and their safety decrease;

implement supervision and control over the observance of the procedures set for the investigation and registration of industrial accidents;

sum up application practices, analyze reasons, leading to the infringement of the Labor Code and other legal acts, containing labor regulations and develop recommendations for their improvement;

analyze the state and the reasons of industrial traumatism and develop recommendations as to the measures preventing it, participate in the investigations of the cases of industrial accidents or conduct such investigations on their own accord;

issue expert conclusions as to the compliance of drafts of building standards and rules and other regulating acts with the provisions of the Labor Code and other legal acts, containing labor regulations, process and coordinate the drafts of sector-specific and inter-industry labor safety regulations;

participate, according to the procedures set, in the development of the state labor safety regulations;

take measures, facilitating the participation of qualified experts with the aim to provide proper applications of the provisions of the Labor Code and other legal acts, pertaining to the protection of health and safekeeping of employees in the course of fulfillment of their duties and also obtaining information on the influence of the ways applied and materials used on the state of health and safekeeping of employees;

prompt federal bodies of the executive authority and its territorial bodies, as well as bodies of the executive authority of the subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local governments, public prosecution's office, court bodies and other organizations for the information, necessary for the performance of their duties and receive it gratuitously;

receive citizens and process applications, letters, claims, complaints and other appeals of employees, referring to the infringement of their labor rights, take measures for the elimination of infringements disclosed and restoration of rights infringed;

inform the public of disclosed infringements of the Labor Code and other legal acts, containing labor regulations, promulgate information pertaining to labor rights;

prepare and publish annual reports about the observance of the Labor Code and other legal acts, containing labor regulations, submitting them to the President of the Russian Federation and the government of the Russian Federation according to the procedures set.