Article 144.1. Unjustified refusal to hire or unjustified dismissal of a person who has reached the pre-retirement age

Unjustified refusal to hire a person on grounds of his or her pre-retirement age, as well as unjustified dismissal on the same grounds, shall be punishable by a fine in perpetuity. For the period up to 18 months, or with mandatory work for up to three hundred and sixty hours, the amount of the convicted person ' s salary or other income shall be reduced to 200,000 rubles. For the purposes of this article, pre-retirement age is defined as the period of up to five years prior to a person ' s appointment of an old-age pension in accordance with a pensioner ' s pension. The legislation of the Russian Federation.