Features of the working hours of scientists

Abstract

The article analyzes the features and specifics of the working hours of scientists in a comparative analysis with the features of the working hours of scientific and pedagogical workers. In the course of the study, it was found that there are no legal norms in the legislation regulating the working hours of scientists.
The article concludes that in connection with the technological development in the country, significant transformation occurred in the conduct of scientific work which can be carried out both in strictly defined places (laboratories, offices), and at home and other conditions that do not require the presence of scientists in the established working environment. place. All of it suggests that in such conditions the activities of a research worker often do not fit into the usual 40-hour work schedule. Therein it is necessary to reform the system of working hours of scientists, its optimization in order to achieve the efficiency of its use. It seems appropriate in the normative documents of the subordinate level regulating the working hours of science workers to provide for the right of the employer to establish the most rational combination of laboratory/office work and remote work using electronic communication systems for the scientific organization.