Praskova Svetlana Vasil'evna

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rules for calculating the duration of the main paid leave of researchers used at the present stage. To achieve this goal, the formal legal method and the method of historical interpretation of law were applied. The object of the study was domestic regulatory legal acts regulating this issue, starting from the middle of the 20th century. It was revealed that Soviet legislation was characterized by an increased rest period for researchers, which was several times higher than the general norm. Also, in the middle of the 20th century, differentiation of the duration of basic paid leave was introduced for the first time depending on the academic degree. The calculation of vacation time in working days was associated with the partial transition at the turn of the 60s and 70s of the last century to a five-day working week, while maintaining the recalculation of vacation days in calendar days for a six-day working week. Currently, there are no special rules on the length of a researcher's vacation at the federal law level. However, at the subordinate level, it is possible to establish extended annual paid leave for researchers from federal institutions with academic degrees. The author evaluates this regulation as inconsistent with the principle of legal certainty, which is why it can lead to a violation of the equality of rights of researchers. It is proposed to regulate the duration of the annual basic paid leave of researchers at the level of the law

researcher, rest time, annual leave, extended leave, working days, recalculation, calendar days

Praskova Svetlana Vasil'evna – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Scientific Research Institute, Baikal State University (11, Lenin st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0003-4518-3659, RSCI Author ID: 414497, Researcher ID: AAC-8601-2020, e-mail: savap@mail.ru

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