DELICTOLOGY IN RUSSIAN LABOR LEGISLATION
The author discusses the problems of dealing with labor offences in the context of a new area in labor law – delictology. The term delict signifies an offense, i.e. an illegal act, deed, or crime, and in a more narrow meaning, a civil offense that results in the liability to compensate for the damage caused. The goal of the article is realized through the following tasks: a) defining the concept and features of delictology; b) defining the subject matter of delictology. According to the author, delictology as an area of labor science is closely connected with other humanities. The subject matter of delictology includes: a) state, level, latency, structure, and dynamics of labor offences; b) circumstances contributing to offences; c) personality of labor discipline violator; d) prevention of offences in the labor environment. Delictual offences comprise a collective concept which is defined by the following factors: a) number of offences and employees who committed them; b) number of offences officially registered by employers in compliance with official procedures; c) structure of offences; d) frequency of offences committed by employees; e) level or coefficient of offences; f) number of latent offences; g) damage inflicted by offences. The article also discusses the question about the origin of labor offences committed by employees as one of the areas of delictology. The circumstances contributing to labor discipline violations can be classified in accordance with different criteria. Based on the nature of the circumstances that contribute to the labor offences they can be classified as follows: 1) political; 2) economic; 3) ideological; 4) social; 5) legal; 6) subjective and psychological. The personality of a labor discipline offender is one of the major elements of the subject matter in delictology. The basic content of the category personality of an employee is defined by a system of social, labor, and other socially-significant properties, ties and relations which involve an employee, as well as his system of moral and psychological properties. Only the employees registered by their employers in compliance with the legislation can be considered legally significant offenders. Research of the labor discipline offender is necessary to select the most reasonable measures of prevention and education.