THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT FOR THE POPULATION

Introduction: the article examines various forms of employment in the context of public policy, identifies contradictions and problematic issues in providing jobs for certain categories of workers, analyzes unaccounted-for labor relations, and formulates a hypothesis about the need to develop mechanisms to promote legal employment and disadvantage both employees and employers of all forms of informal labor relations, the expediency of developing civil and labor patriotism is substantiated. Materials and Methods: the research was conducted within the framework of the functionalist paradigm using methods of system analysis, synergetic synthesis and a formal logical approach to information structuring. Results: threats to the individual, society, and the state from properly designed various forms of employment have been identified, the legal, socio-cultural, and moral nature of labor has been determined, and the tasks of public employment in the public administration format have been adjusted. Discussion and Conclusions: the author of the article concludes that employment policy should be based on the principles of checks and balances, the benefits of legal forms of employment and the legal and economic inexpediency of illegal labor activity.