Self-employment as a Form of Realisation of the Right to Freely Chosen Employment: Problems of Legal Regulation

The article is devoted to studying the problems of legal regulation of self-employment as a form of realising the right to freely chosen employment. It is noted that recent changes in the legislation of the Russian Federation have provoked positive trends in the "withdrawal of the self-employed from the shadow economy," however, there are still many unresolved problems. The author of the article conducts a study of some types of activities that can be attributed to the institute of self-employment. The author analyses narrow and broad approaches to self-employment, distinguishing between self-employment and entrepreneurship. The correlation of the concepts of "self-employed" and "self-supporting persons" is analysed, signs of self-employment as an activity are identified, and the circle of persons belonging to the self-employed who have the right to conduct the types of activities specified in the legislation is designated. New forms of self-employment are being investigated, which have been developing more and more recently. Summing up the research, it is proposed to consolidate the relevant norms in Russian legislation's legal regulation of self-employment.