Specific issues of legal regulation of minors labor

The article is devoted to the problems of legal regulation of underage workers. The relevance of the analysis of these problems is caused by market economy, significant changes in labor laws, a special role of youth in the life of the state. Younger workers account for a significant share of jobless citizens and registered at the employment services as unemployed. The employment policy is determined by the stage and level of economic development, mutual relations between the employment and other economic and social objectives. Realization of the rights and interests of underage workers in the labor sphere must be encouraged by the implementation of their representation, which is traditionally of great importance. In the employment period the legal representatives of employees are trade unions, provided by the international and Russian legislation. Currently with the decline in union memberships the number of workers who are covered by trade union protection is decreasing. Along with trade unions the protective function should be performed by other public organizations. The article substantiates the necessity of creation at the federal, regional, territorial and local levels youth organizations empowered with the functions of representation, protection of interests of minors, including underage workers. This could facilitated by the adoption of the Federal law "On youth" that would provide for the powers of the committees (councils) for youth at enterprises (in organizations). Now the practice of creating youth councils at enterprises is expanding. To coordinate their activities so that they could participate in the solution of specific socially important issues in the labor sphere is of great importance. A broad approach to representation and protection of labor rights of workers is required.