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Abstract

The role of the state in regulating employment relationship is significant. The essence of employment protection as a function of labor law is changing due to the development of economic relations and the introduction of new technologies of production. The purpose of the article is to investigate the content of employment protection as a function of labor law, as well as its importance for the development of employment relationship. In order to solve these tasks, the general scientific methods (dialectic, complex, structural-functional, formal-logical, system analysis) and special legal methods of research (comparative-legal and the method of interpretation of legal norms) are applied. The article proves that the function of employment protection is of particular importance for the formation and development of the field of labor law. In particular, it influences each institution of labor law: collective agreement, employment contract, working time, rest time, payment, etc. In addition, the article states that it is inappropriate to reduce employment protection as a function of labor law only to protection of workers as a weaker party in labor relationship (it is identified with the protective function of labor law), since it applies to other subjects, including employers. Employment protection as a function of labor law is manifested in all labor law institutions, which indicates its importance for this branch of law. In future, its peculiarities of influence on the field of labor law will be manifested in the work on the draft Labor Code, taking into account the peculiarities of workers in the new economic conditions. It is also proposed to support the idea of giving personal employees’ consent to engage in work at weekends and holidays, because the consent of the trade union body cannot be regarded as an expression of the immediate will of the employee. In this regard, it is necessary to amend the current legislation

Keywords: protection of employment, employment relationship, function, employee

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