Social policy priorities in the labor sphere

The article examines the main directions of social policy in the labor sphere, such as employment, remuneration and social and labor relations. In the field of employment, the necessity of transition to a new employment policy, including a course for effective employment with a modern system of support for the unemployed, is justified. Special attention is paid to the active policy of retraining and employment conducted by employment services. It is concluded that it is necessary to change the ratio between active and passive measures to combat unemployment in favor of the active ones. In the wage policy, it is proposed to abandon the focus on cheap labor as a factor hindering the development of the human and labor potential. In this regard, it is proposed to update the concept of minimum wage. It should provide the basic needs necessary for the normal reproduction of the employee. A certain guaranteed minimum wage should be set for all categories of employees, not just unskilled ones. In the field of social and labor relations, social stability should be ensured not so much by reducing strike activity (as it is already low), but through the resolution of hidden labor conflicts through social partnership mechanisms.FUNDING:The article was prepared as part of participation in the International Scientific and Practical Conference "The 7th Senchagov Readings. Economic security of Russia: response to new challenges", Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, March 23–24, 2023.

social policy, employment, unemployment, employment services, wage policy, social partnership