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A comprehensive analysis of flexible forms of employment as a tool for implementing the labor rights of persons with family responsibilities and their impact on reproductive behavior is being carried out. Based on sociological research, key socio-economic fears and barriers (job loss, lack of professional implementation) have been identified that prevent the birth of the desired number of children, especially among young career-oriented women. The current norms of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation regulating remote work and part-time work are analyzed. The legislative novel of 2017, which provides for the provision of part-time work "taking into account the conditions of production," is reasonably criticized, which in practice led to massive refusals of employers and litigation, leveling the guaranteed nature of this benefit. As a solution to the identified problem of imbalance of interests of employees and employers, a system of interconnected legislative changes is proposed. Key proposals include: empowering the State Labor Inspectorate to issue mandatory opinions on the possibility of providing flexible hours; establishing the employer's obligation to offer an alternative vacancy if it is impossible to provide the requested regime; introduction of compensation mechanisms (severance pay or paid suspension of an employment contract) if it is impossible to find a compromise solution. The proposed measures are aimed at achieving a constitutional balance of the rights and interests of both sides of the labor relationship and strengthening the family policy of the state.
labor law, persons with family responsibilities, flexible working hours, part-time work, remote work, gender equality, social policy, reproductive behavior, state labor inspectorate, protection of labor rights, Labor Code of the Russian Federation, balance of interests of the employee and the employer
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