Fairness of Differentiation of Pension Provision for Medical Workers (Based on Judicial Practice)

The article is devoted to the manifestation of differentiation in social security law. It is concluded that it is necessary to more clearly define the criteria for this differentiation in order to justify and equitably redistribute benefits, taking into account the characteristics of specific population groups. Based on an analysis of judicial practice, the most typical cases of refusal of early pension provision due to the failure to include certain periods of work in the special insurance (“medical”) period of service have been identified. The example of early pension provision for medical workers shows some inconsistency in the legal regulation of the provision of this pension guarantee. It is proposed to determine and formulate the goal of early retirement provision for medical workers; to amend the Labor Code of the Russian Federation in order to clarify the consequences of establishing part-time work for the purposes of early pension provision.