Legal Protection of Employee’s Personal Rights under International Labor Standards and Labor Legislation of the EAEU Countries

Abstract

Transformation of the labor sphere, transition to the service economy and information society raise the question of protecting not only “classical” labor rights, but also the personal non-property rights of employees, the formation of a safe and comfortable working environment. This is especially relevant for the branches of labor law of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia), where effective legal mechanisms for protecting personal rights remained beyond the attention of the legislator. The paper analyzes labor, administrative and criminal legislation of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union from the standpoint of their compliance with international labor standards reflected in the conventions and recommendations of the International Labor Organization in terms of protecting workers from discrimination, harassment and mobbing. The paper describes the content of the institution of labor protection and provides an overview of the existing legal mechanisms for protecting the personal rights of employees. It also contains recommendations on changing the labor legislation of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.