PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF CIVIL SERVANTS

Abstract

In the article the principles of social protection of civil servants are defined as the basic provisions stipulated in the rules of social law, which underlie the formation of activities to ensure the social rights of civil servants and which should be guided in determining the ways, methods of exercising their social protection. It is stated that these principles form a system (general and special principles) that helps to form a proper basis for the social protection of civil servants. The author notes that similar in meaning and, as a rule, often used as a synonym for the word "principle" is the concept of "foundation", which has the meaning "basis of something; the main thing that is based on is something; starting position, principle, principle, basis of outlook, rule of behavior; way, method of doing something. " It is noted that the system of social protection of the population should be built both on the general principles of social management, acting on the system itself, and on the individual, which have a specific orientation. The article covers different views of scientists on the principles of social policy, one of these positions is the view regarding the following characteristics of the basic principles - it is rationality (achieving the optimum balance between the purpose of social policy and its means of implementation), social justice (recognition of equal opportunities for all members of society) and social security (the possibility of predictability of certain life risks). The author defines the concept of "principle of social protection of civil servants", and the proper implementation of the theoretical provisions and practical ways of realizing the goal and principles of social protection of civil servants will provide for the formation of functioning of a really effective mechanism for securing and protecting social rights of this special category of working citizens of Ukraine.