THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT AS THE BASIS FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THE RULES GOVERNING CROSS-BORDER EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

Introduction. The article is dedicated to the analysis of the legal provisions of the international acts and the local legislation of the states belonging to different legal families, which establish the principle of the equal treatment. The paper reveals the essence and value of this principle as a system-forming factor in the process of unifying norms regulating employment relations complicated by a foreign element. Materials and methods. In the course of research, the following methods of scientific cognition were used: analysis, synthesis, abstraction, generalizations, analogies and others. The general scientific and special-legal methods, such as system-structural, method of dogmatic analysis (interpretation of legal norms, legal and technical constructions, etc.), comparative legal, formal, legal, logical, etc. formed the methodological basis of the research. Results of the study. The analysis of international agreements discloses the diversity of approaches in the normative consolidation of the principle of the equal treatment. The laws of states belonging to different legal systems also indicate a variety of forms and ways of establishing of the principle of the equal treatment. Despite the lack of terminological uniformity in the embodiment of the principle of the equal treatment, its purpose is always the same. The peculiarities of the equal treatment are shown in the connection with the sphere of regulation of relations involving foreign nationals. The article indicates the role and importance of the principle of the equal treatment in the process of unification. Discussion and conclusions. The study showed that the principle of the equal treatment, specified by the local laws and the international acts, forms the basis for the unification of norms regulating labor relations complicated by a foreign element.

employment relations, International Private Law, foreign national, unification, conflict rule, principle of equal treatment, nondiscrimination principle

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