Problems of development of legal regulation of freedom of travel of labor within European union

Purpose: Illumination of the main legal problems of regulation of movement of labor within European Union and search of ways of their decision. Methodology: It was applied historical and legal, comparative legal methods, formal-legal method. Results: In article provisions of the main normative legal acts of European Union and materials of the court practice are analyzed, freedoms of travel of labor devoted to regulation and scientific works on this perspective and the existing system of legal regulation of these questions are defined. The conclusion that the main problem which arises at all stages of expansion of EU in connection with labor migration is drawn, there is a problem of a considerable difference in a salary in old and new state members of EU. The author notes that it was authorized to EU member states to limit temporarily free movement of labor from the new states within 5 – 7 years for smoothing and minimization of risks for labor markets in the course of EU expansion. Novelty/originality/value: Article possesses a certain scientific and practical value as contains important author’s generalizations and the conclusions connected with an international legal regulation of a labor market in European Union.