Legal Regulation of Duty of Civil and Municipal Employees in the Russian Federation

Introduction. Duty is a necessary means of ensuring continuous and sustainable public administration. Duty is part of the legal status of an employee of a state or municipal organization. Purpose. The objective of the work is to improve the legal regulation of duty in the civil and municipal service. Methodology. The author used the methods of dialectics, analysis, synthesis, formal-logical, comparative-legal, system-structural, technical-legal. Results. At present, there are no provisions on duty in the legislation. Improvement of legal regulation of duty should be uniform for civil and municipal service based on recognition of employees as subjects of labor law. At the same time, the rights and guarantees for employees as hired workers should be observed. Duty officers should carry out tactical operational management of the organization on weekends and holidays. Therefore, the term “operational” should be used for duty. Duties of duty officers, features of working hours should be fixed in local acts and labor contracts. It is necessary to include in the main labor law a provision on calculating the time of duty that does not occur at work. It is proposed to equate the time of duty at home to half the time worked. Conclusion. The analysis and proposals can be taken into account by the legislator when improving labor law standards.