Статья посвящена исследованию проблемы дифференциации уголовной ответственности за грубое нарушение соглашения о труде. Проанализированы положения Общей и Особенной частей Уголовного кодекса Украины, связанные с законодательными возможностями дифференциации уголовной ответственности за указанное правонарушение. На основании проведенного анализа предложены пути по совершенствованию действующего законодательства в сфере защиты трудовых прав человека.

Articolul este dedicat studierii problemei diferențierii răspunderii penale pentru încălcarea brută a contractului de muncă. A analizat prevederile părților generale și speciale ale Codului penal al Ucrainei legate de posibilitățile legale de diferențiere a răspunderii penale pentru infracțiune. Pe baza analizei, sunt propuse modalitățile de îmbunătățire a legislației actuale în domeniul protecției drepturilor omului de muncă.

Th e article is focused on the study of diff erentiation of criminal liability’s problem for a fl agrant violation of the employment agreement. Th e provisions of the General and Special Parts of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, related to the legislative possibilities for diff erentiation of criminal liability for the specifi ed off ense, have been analyzed. Based on the carried out analysis, the author has off ered the ways to improve the current legislation in the fi eld of the protection of labor rights. It has been concluded that taking into account the public danger of a fl agrant violation of the employment agreement and the real possibilities for the restoration of violated labor rights, the current legislation contains a wide range of diff erentiation of criminal liability provided for both by the norms of the General and Special Parts of the Criminal Code. In particular, various grounds for the exemption from criminal liability, the imposition of a penalty for incomplete criminal activity, the imposition of a penalty taking into account mitigating circumstances, as well as qualifying features. All this gives suffi cient opportunities to consider the peculiarities and degree of public danger of the committed actions at the level of law and the perpetrator’s personality of a fl agrant violation of the employment agreement. Th e features of a particular socially dangerous act can be adjusted at the level of individualization of punishment by the relevant law enforcement agency. At the same time, the broad use of qualifi ed features in the researched corpus delicti of a crime will allow for a more accurate consideration of the typical degree of public danger of the committed and the peculiarities of certain criminal off enses against labor rights, which in general will make it possible to more eff ectively achieve the objectives and tasks of criminal legislation in the fi eld of implementing criminal liability.