INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF LEGAL REGULATION OF LABOR PROTECTION OF MINORS

Abstract

The article considers aspects of legal regulation of minors, respectively, in relation to the current legislation of foreign countries. An analysis of individual issues of labor protection of minors as a special subject of labor law, as well as related problems, is carried out. Attention is focused on some shortcomings and gaps in the labor legislation of Ukraine. It is proposed to improve and eliminate legal norms regarding the protection of the work of minors. Minors have characteristic features such as: age, physiological and psychological characteristics, which must be legally protected in order to preserve their health, as well as create conditions for their full development. Labor protection, working hours, holidays and some other working conditions are even provided with certain benefits. In my opinion, this list of features of minors' labor regulation is not complete, so it will require further in-depth scientific research. It is important that the guarantees of the rights of minors are expanded through the adoption of new national legal acts, the improvement of existing ones and the ratification of important international acts. In international legislation, there is widespread regulation of the work of children under 14 years of age by a number of legal acts, namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Minimum Age for Employment of Children in Industry No. 5. However, they contain regulations regarding the labor of minors at industrial enterprises, and this is prohibited in our country. In Ukraine, the work of persons under the age of 14 in the creative sphere is widespread: participation in various TV programs, filming in advertising, dancing, singing, etc. However, regulation of such work is not provided for by national legislation. Creative activity is defined in the Convention on the Age of Acceptance of Children for Non-Industrial Work No. 33, which Ukraine has not ratified. In this regard, I consider it necessary to adopt normative legal acts and make changes to the current Labor Code of Ukraine, which would regulate the work of minors under the age of 14 in the creative sphere, namely to determine the procedure for employment, work and ensuring the realization of the rights and freedoms of such persons.