Features of legal regulation of labor of medical workers

Abstract

The work of health care workers is associated with great physical and emotional stress, the need in some cases to work in difficult and life-threatening conditions. This determines some features of the legal regulation of labor relations in this area of activity: additional requirements when concluding an employment contract, preferential working hours and rest time, special rules for part-time work, etc. The specificity of the legal status of medical workers as subjects of labor law is due to both general rules and special regulations on various aspects of their activities. In addition to the general provisions of the Labor Code of Ukraine, the provisions of the law "Fundamentals of the legislation of Ukraine on health care", as well as a number of other regulations apply to medical workers who carry out professional activities. The article describes the regulations governing the employment of health workers, identifies the role of the employment contract in regulating their work, analyzes the features of the legal status of health workers as a subject of labor relations, and identifies a set of problems that arise in health care workers. in the performance of their duties. This topic is of interest not only from a scientific but also from a practical point of view, which necessitates detailed, thorough legal regulation of the work of medical workers and a more careful attitude of the legislator to this area. The urgency of the topic is due to the role of health professionals in the realization of the right of everyone to health care, guaranteed by Art. 49 of the Constitution of Ukraine.