Modern areas for improving the implementation of the principle of gender equality in the labor law of Ukraine

Abstract

The modern organizational and legal directions for improving the implementation of the principle of gender equality in new economic conditions have been studied. Nowadays, Ukraine according to the legislation has established equality of women and men, but legally defined equality is in conflict with the actual circumstances of women’s life. They continue to feel discrimination in almost all spheres of public activity. To eliminate this problem, the author has suggested: a) to increase the level of employment of the population, to reduce the growth of unemployment, to reduce segregation at the labor market; b) to stimulate the employer’s interest in hiring women, establishing flexible working hours, the possibility of working at home, etc.; c) to give preference to the contractual method of establishing working conditions, as well as to the collective and contractual method of ensuring their implementation; d) to pay special attention to the labor migration of women with a view to provide them with legal and social protection abroad.

It has been stated that the construction of a democratic, legal and social state in Ukraine also depends on the principles of equal partnership between a man and a woman, mutual responsibility in the family and society. Nowadays, Ukraine needs to develop a system of political and legal, organizational measures to implement gender equality in all spheres of society’s life, and especially in the implementation of the constitutional right to work.