HARMONIZATION OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNION STATE

This article analyzes the latest trends of convergence of labor legislation of the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus in the conditions of occurring integration processes (especially on the examples of Community, the Union of Belarus and Russia, and now the Union State. Differentiation between two main ways of convergence of the national legislation is carried out: unification and harmonization. The article concerns the legal basis in part of the regulation of labour and associated relations, formed within the various integration groups with the participation of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The author supports the idea of developing the overall concept, and possibly further convergence programme of labour legislation of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The focus of the article is laid on the functioning of the Union State, the creation of a unified legal framework, including acts of secondary law, as well as issues on the standardization of labour legislation of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, the Federal States of coherent social policies. Suggestions on ways to further convergence of labour legislation of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation are provided.

labour legislation, the labour code, the Union State, the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation, unification, harmonization, terminology, sources of labour law

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