Constitutional guarantees of the right to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract
In the conditions of proper functioning of society, the settlement of labor relations is a remarkably relevant issue, especially during global crises and shocks. Significant changes in the regulation of this issue in almost all countries have introduced the initiation of quarantine due to the quarantine regime. Fulfilling the duty of states to guarantee the protection and realization of the right to work in special conditions is a priority in ensuring the proper functioning of human life. The object of the study is the constitutional guarantees of the right to work due to the quarantine regime. The purpose of the work is to analyze the constitutional guarantees of the right to work in a COVID-19 pandemic. During the study, the following methods were used: historical, generalization, formal-legal, analysis of normative documents, articles, and monographs, comparative-legal, and the social-legal experiment. As a conclusion of the study, the peculiarities of the transformation of constitutional rights in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic were analyzed. In addition, the results of the analysis of regulations and opinions of several scientists established an extensive system of guarantees of the right to work, clarified problematic issues in the field of ensuring the right to work in a pandemic COVID-19.
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