Abstract

The essay is devoted at one of the fundamental values ​​of labor law: the freedom of the person in the employment contract. To this end, the author raises a preliminary methodological question. He considers it necessary to critically analyze the labor law crisis and the question of the labor law values taking into account the historical and material nature of the legal systems. The author proposes to read the principle “work is not a commodityµ by accepting the exchange function of the contract. On this basis, the author raises the question of the dangers for workers freedom inherent in the rhetoric of neo-liberal freedom.