The Problem of Combining Professional and Parental Labour of Workers with Children: Ways of Solution

. The article examines the problem of combining professional and parental functions of workers with children. Based on previous studies (a quantitative survey of working women in Sverd-lovsk oblast, in-depth interviews with working mothers), the research defines the main barriers preventing the optimal combination of two vital spheres — family and work. To overcome these barriers, a number of regulatory, organisational and material measures are proposed to support workers with children; they can be introduced into Russian practice as part of the state and corporate demographic policy. The suggested recommendations can be used to develop and incorporate into Russian labour legislation fundamentally new measures aimed at stimulating the employment of workers with children and overcoming negative demographic trends in the country.