Various methods were used to address the tasks in hand, including: dialectical,
historical, statistical, comparative legal, formal logical, sociological and other methods
of learning processes and phenomena, as well as special legal methods of grammar
review and interpretation of legal rules.
Characteristics of labour regulation principles. At present, in labour law there
is a distinguished system of principles which refers to the scientifically based
classification of guidelines or principles of law that provides for a based on identified
criteria division of such principles on general legal, inter-branch, branch and
institutional principles, which in their entirety are interdependent and congruent,
determine the content and direct the development of law within the entire field of
labour law or its individual institutes [1, p. 9]. However, considering the purpose of
our study, paramount importance is given to establishing the content of the principles
internationally recognized as fundamental and also to ascertaining the extent of
relevant legal provisions in national labour law. For this reason, we propose to focus
on the examination of basic principles concerning fundamental rights in the field of
labour relations. Thus, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at
Work and its Follow-up (1998) establishes a set of core labour provisions, which are
recognized as having special status in the context of the global economy. Given the
constitutive importance of the ILO Conventions which are deemed "fundamental" both
among the members of the ILO as well as among other countries, the International
Labour Conference in 1998 declared: "All Members, even those that have not ratified
the said Conventions, are obliged, due to the very fact of their membership in the
Organisation, to adhere to, strengthen and implement in good faith and in accordance
with the Statute the principles concerning fundamental rights which constitute the
subject of these Conventions, namely: a) freedom of association and real recognition
of the right to collective bargaining; b) elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory
labour; c) real abolition of child labour; d) prevention of discrimination in employment
and occupation" [2, p. 23].
These principles have been encapsulated in the form of specific rights and
obligations in the ILO conventions, which are recognized the fundamental, including:
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) №
87; The Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) № 98; The
Forced Labor Convention (1930) № 29; Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
(1957) № 105; Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
(1973) № 138; Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour" (1999) № 182; Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958) № 111; Equal remuneration
Convention (1951) № 100. However, it should be noted that these principles are
reflected not only in the ILO instruments but also in the instruments of universal and
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