International Legal Regulation of Labor on the Territory of the Russian Federation

Abstract

Russia’s entry into the world community, recognition of international legal acts to be top-priority with regard to the domestic labor legislation, increased interaction between international and domestic law, enforcement of civil rights for decent working conditions—all of the above shows the relevance of this research. The purpose of this paper is to determine the value and degree of influence of norms of international law on labor in the Russian Federation; analysis of compliance of the Russian labor legislation with international principles and norms of international law. The methodological basis of this research is composed of general scientific methods: analysis and synthesis method, induction and deduction method, method of systemic and functional approach, analog and modeling method; it is also composed of specific scientific (special legal) methods: rather-legal method, formal logical method, and statistical method. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the work presents comprehensive analysis of international regulatory acts adopted and ratified by the Russian Federation, identifies the problems of exercise of labor rights of citizens in the territory of the Russian Federation in the context of international legal acts. Based on the conducted scientific analysis, certain conclusions were made that are necessary for the improvement of legislation and regulatory enforcement; besides, certain issues resulting from adoption and ratification of international legal acts by the Russian Federation have been noted.