It is proved that the optimization of the work of civil servants very often involves the movement of personnel and labour mobility. Such optimization is conditioned by the fact that the public service must be efficient, and therefore labour mobility and personnel mobility are important on this path to form the personnel of a state body that can solve complex management tasks. The procedure of transfer of civil servants is almost the most common format of labour mobility. The procedure for transferring civil servants causes a lot of practical difficulties, and therefore both theoreticians and practitioners are trying to develop the best proposals for improving the legal regulation of this procedure.
 It was established that according to the current legislation on civil service, the transfer of employees is possible on the following grounds: 1) in the case of appointment to a civil service position of a person who will be directly subordinated to a close person or to whom close persons will be directly subordinated; in case of reorganization (merger, merger, division, transformation) or liquidation of a state body; 3) during the transfer or delegation of powers and functions from a state body to a local self-government body.
 The author proved that the transfer of a civil servant is a change in the place of work and/or work function, which consists of: a) changing the work function to a lower or equivalent position (at the same time, the salary is paid in the amount corresponding to the position to which the transferred employee), as well as in the case of transfer or delegation of powers and functions from a state body to a local self-government body; b) change of place of work – the same state body where the employee works or another state body, including in another area (in another settlement). The transfer of a civil servant is always carried out with the consent of the civil servant and without holding a competition.
 The transfer of a civil servant may take place (1) to another equivalent or lower vacant position (2) in the same state body, or to another state body, including in another locality (in another settlement), (3) by decision of the head of the civil service or the destination subject.