Legal Regulation of Work of Women and Persons With Family Responsibilities

Abstract

The article presents a study of the legal regulation of women and persons with family responsibilities. An analysis of domestic regulations on this topic. In particular, the norms enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine have been studied. Chapter XII, which deals with women's labor, is analyzed in the Labor Code. The Law of Ukraine "On Labor Protection" and the Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men", the draft Labor Code were also considered. International normative legal acts are analyzed. ILO Conventions: No45 - on the use of women in underground work in mines of any kind, No100 - on equal pay for men and women for work of equal value, No103 - on maternity protection, No111 - on discrimination in employment and occupations, No156 - on equal treatment and equal opportunities for working men and women: workers with family responsibilities; Article 11 of the 1979 UN Convention. It is noted that for working women there are: guarantees for part-time work, a ban on the involvement of pregnant women and women with children under 3 years of age, night, overtime work, work on weekends and sending them on business trips; restricting the involvement of women with children aged 3 to 14 or children with disabilities in overtime work and sending them on business trips; maternity leave and childcare leave; the procedure for granting leave to care for a child and enrolling him in the length of service; leave for women who have adopted children; additional leave for employees who have children; guarantees of employment and prohibition of dismissal of pregnant women and women with children; providing pregnant women and women with children under the age of 14 with vouchers to sanatoriums, rest homes and financial assistance; mother's service at enterprises, organizations; guarantees that also apply to parents raising children without a mother, as well as to guardians (trustees). Deficiencies in the current labor legislation have been identified. Gender inequalities in the workplace have been identified. The conclusions and prospects for the development of protection and protection of the rights of women and persons with family responsibilities are presented.