Restriction of the right of civil servants to perform other paid work: the experience of the CIS member states

Abstract

The article provides a comparative analysis of the legal regulation of the right of civil servants to perform other paid work in the CIS member states. The general grounds for restricting the right to work of civil servants in the Russian Federation were researched, differentiation of approaches to restricting the right to perform other paid work by state civil servants, military personnel and persons undergoing other types of public service was exercised, and a number of gaps in the current regulation were also identified. The experience of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan was studied. Within the framework of the work, both trends common to all the states under consideration were highlighted – for example, the restriction of the right to perform other paid work for all civil servants, the existence of exceptions and conditions for the exercise of this right, and unique approaches that can be borrowed for the further development of legislation on the civil service of the Russian Federation. The article is characterized by a comprehensive and systematic study of the experience of regulation of the issue of performing other paid work by civil servants of the CIS member states, and its scientific novelty consists in identifying 2 basic models of restricting the right of civil servants to work (part-time) and classifying the approaches adopted in the states under consideration in accordance with the proposed models.