Abstract:
У статті досліджено конституційну практику нормативного регулювання права на
відпочинок, закріпленого в ст. 45 Конституції України, та відповідних нормах конституцій
європейських держав. Обґрунтовано необхідність викладення зазначеної норми відповідно до
вимог міжнародних документів з прав людини. Запропоновано ст. 45 Конституції України
викласти в такій редакції: «Кожен, хто працює, має право на відпочинок. Це право гарантується
встановленням максимальної тривалості робочого часу та мінімальної тривалості відпочинку,
наданням вихідних і святкових днів, оплачуваної щорічної відпустки, а також здійсненням інших
умов, передбачених законом». The article examines the
constitutional practice of normative regulation of the right to rest enshrined in Art. 45 of the Constitution
of Ukraine, and the corresponding norms of the constitutions of European states. There is a well-founded
need to set out the specified norm in accordance with the requirements of international human rights
documents.
It has been noted that the right to rest is of particular importance for the restoration of health,
physical and mental abilities of workers, which is given the least attention in the legal literature than other
constitutional human rights. The authors have found that the right to rest is an internationally recognized
right, which is reflected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the European Social Charter (revised), as well as in various
formulations and volumes enshrined in constitutions of most European states. It has been emphasized that
despite the significant diversity of the constitutional norms of European states regarding the right to rest,
there is a certain similarity between them in the principles of regulation of this right, the norms of
international legal acts on human rights are being implemented into national legislation. It has been noted
that the rules of the constitutions of European states use different terminology to designate the subjects of
the right to rest. It has been emphasized that in connection with the military aggression of the Russian
Federation against Ukraine, martial law was introduced in Ukraine, according to which some
constitutional rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen, in particular the right to rest, may be
temporarily limited, and the Law of Ukraine "On the organization of labor relations in the conditions of
martial law", according to which, during the period of martial law, the provision of annual basic leave to
an employee by the decision of the employer may be limited to 24 calendar days for the current working
year. And in the event that the duration of an employee's annual basic leave is more than 24 calendar
days, the provision of unused days of such leave during the period of martial law is transferred to the
period after the termination or cancellation of martial law.
The authors have proposed, taking into account the European experience of the constitutional
and legal regulation of the right to rest, the provisions of Art. 45 of the Constitution of Ukraine shall be
amended as follows: "Everyone who works has the right to rest. This right is guaranteed by establishing
the maximum duration of working hours and the minimum duration of rest, providing weekends and
holidays, paid annual leave, as well as implementing other conditions provided for by law".
