THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN TRENDS ON LABOR RELATIONS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of modern trends in the development of labor rights in Ukraine. It is emphasized, that in connection with the development of a new draft of the Labor Code of Ukraine, there is a need to modernize the norms of labor legislation to the current level of labor relations, namely: the gradual expansion of the scope of the subject of the legal regime – labor law, is noted, the inclusion of new relationships and entities in labor law, the facts are given that the subject of the specified regime should include relations of so-called nonstandard forms of employment, the possibility of expanding the scope of labor law, which will lead to a change in the subject of regulation itself, which in turn will become employment of dependent and independent workers and other persons employed in the labor and production process; the second trend of legal relations indicates the need to also introduce an electronic form of employment contract in order to develop the principle of freedom of labor, which is a fundamental institution of labor law, manifested by concluding employment contracts. It is the employment contract and the employment contract/agreement that form the basis of employment relations between the parties – employees and their employers. This article also presents the current trends in the emergence of new approaches to the regulation of labor law in the legislative activity of state authorities. The characteristics of such a trend in the development of labor rights are also given, as in terms of increasing the level of their protection, which should be carried out by specially authorized bodies. The issue of the development of specialized labor courts was resolved and an analysis was given of the trends in the formation of the Labor Procedure Code, which must necessarily provide for a number of procedural guarantees for the protection of the rights and freedoms of employees and employers, including other subjects of labor relations. The article draws conclusions regarding the actual formation of a new branch of procedural law – labor law.