THE ROLE OF THE CONCILIATION COMMISSION IN RESOLVING LABOR DISPUTES

The article presents an overview of the conciliation commission as a tool of pre-trial settlement of individual labor disputes in Kazakhstan and the basics of its legal regulation.The authors have analysed the latest innovations introduced in the labor legislation regarding the activities of the commission.

The relevance of the study is that despite the dramatic changes in the practice of consideration of individual labor disputes since the beginning of 2016, the vast majority of them are still resolved through the court. This situation can increas the risk of emergence and aggravation of social contradictions in society.

The purpose of the study is to examine the effectiveness of the conciliation commission as a tool for resolving labor disputes, which will ultimately allow to identify ways to improve labor legislation in the framework of ensuring the protection of labor rights of the employee and the employer.

The authors of the study attempted to identify the reasons for mistrust of participants in labor relations to the pre-trial settlement of individual labor disputes, on the basis of which they formulated theoretical and practical proposals aimed at increasing the importance of the conciliation commission in the resolution of labor disputes. The article concludes on the need for the accontable approach to the issue of creation and functioning of the conciliation commission from employers.

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