The problems of the formation and development of social law are highlighted in the article. It is proposed to understand social law as a complex legal structure that combines a number of modern branches of law that regulate relations arising in connection with the proclamation and provision of fundamental social rights of persons and citizens. The formation of social law is associated with the growth of capitalist market relations andthe emergence of hired labour and the employment contract. This legal formation is based on an agreement that arose from the coordination between the main social partners – workers, employers, and the state, who sought to ensure social peace and harmony in society by establishing uniform rules for exploiting labour. The social agreement concluded on a tripartite basis has significantly changed the legal nature of the employment contract, shifting it into the social area and thus determining the actual essence of all labour law.

 Social law, which includes labour law, social security law, social insurance law, the law of environmental safety, housing law, social medical law, social dialogue law based on the method of coordinated subordination, forms a holistic subsystem of norms, which together with public and private law form the system of law of social-democratic orientation states.

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