The notion of «medical report», its importance and application in the field of labor

Abstract

The state of health of an employee, which entails the onset of legally significant consequences for labor relations, must be certified by a medical conclusion. At the same time, the concept of «medical conclusion» is not defined at the legislative level and, as a result of assessing the state of health, may be contained in different documents. This circumstance entails difficulties in law enforcement, and the blurred outline of the content detracts from the significance of the notion for the world of work. The request for certainty can be satisfied by summarizing law enforcement practice and formulating clarifications at the level of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as alteration the provisions of labor legislation.