Labor relations in family farms: certain aspects of legal regulation

Authors

  • Tamara Novak National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31548/law2020.04.012

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the current state of legal regulation of labor relations in family farms, analysis of legislative novelties and highlighting the main shortcomings in this area with the formulation of proposals for their elimination.

It is established that the main directions of improving the regulation of labor relations of members of family farms should be: finalization of the provisions of the «Model agreement (declaration) on the establishment of a family farm» in terms of regulation of labor relations of members of such farms, and the lifting of restrictions on the use of family farms by employees without the loss of family status by such farms.

Particular attention is paid to the problem of establishing as one of the conditions for family farms to receive additional financial support through the mechanism of additional payment in favor of insured persons – members / heads of family farms of a single contribution to compulsory state social insurance of absence of employees in such farms. It is proposed to abolish such a condition and, conversely, to compensate part of the SSC not only for the head / members of family farms, but also for employees of such farms in order to stimulate job creation, increase production in family farms.

Keywords: state support, employee, legal regulation, labor, family farm, employment contract, labor relations, farm, member of the farm

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Published

2020-12-18

Issue

Section

Labor Law. Social Security Law