Problems of Cancellation of an Employment Contract

The emergence of the concept of cancellation of employment contract in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation followed the development of this concept in the science of labor law in the Soviet period of our history. It was at that time when essential differences were identified between termination of employment contract after the start date and cancellation of employment contract before its practical implementation. The legislator twice adjusted the regulations on cancellation: legal and technical shortcomings were eliminated; the real will of the legislator was clarified. However, even now there is an urgent need to develop Art. 61 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. In addition, based on the study of the work of personnel services, judicial practice, scientific literature, teleological interpretation of the studied norms of law, this work provides an answer to a number of previously unconsidered issues, the resolution of which is the subject of discussion. In particular, the following issues were investigated: (1) the issues of the validity of the extension of the rules on cancellation to all cases of concluding employment contracts; (2) problems of normative regulation of provision for compulsory social insurance in the event of an insured event; (3) the documentary registration and procedure for the employer in the process of canceling the employment contract; (4) the consequences of the cancellation of the employment contract in the event of a lawful and unlawful denial of an employee to work; (5) the consequences of the employer’s refusal to cancel the employment contract with the employee. Based on the results of the study and systematization of approaches to understanding the procedure for canceling an employment contract, the author presents his own version of the interpretation of controversial provisions. The author proposes a way to overcome the contradictions between the norms of the analyzed article of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and the norms of the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 No. 255-FZ "On Compulsory Social Insurance ... " by adjusting the provisions of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, which regulate the procedure for canceling an employment contract.