УДК: 331.5.024.5 (043.5)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36887/2415-8453-2024-1-5
JEL classification: J21, J28
The purpose of the article is to determine the role of employment in ensuring social security. The essence of the “social security” concept has been clarified, and its content has been defined. It was concluded that security is a particular state of the system, determined by its ability to resist dangers, which involves not only the preservation of the existing situation but also the creation of opportunities for development under conditions of uncertainty and risk. It has been proven that the social security of society and the state begins with the social security of the individual – the guaranteed protection of a person from internal and external threats that may violate his vital interests, rights, and freedoms. This state includes ensuring normal life activities, improving material well-being, and creating conditions for development and self-realization. The role of employment in ensuring the individual’s social security is considered the formation of income for the realization of material, social, and status needs and the need for self-development. The impact of employment on economic development, social stability, and the well-being of society is analyzed. It has been proven that solving employment problems is necessary for ensuring society’s social security through the successful construction of a socially oriented market economy. The critical problems of employment and social security in Ukraine during the war are identified. Among them, the destruction and damage to the infrastructure of individual enterprises, the occupation of territories, general economic instability, which leads to a reduction in production and the deterioration of the financial condition of enterprises, a high level of unemployment with an insufficient number of highly qualified specialists, significant resettlement of the population, including refugees and internally displaced persons, which leads to disparities in labor markets in different regions. It has been proven that the issues of employment and socio-economic recovery in the conditions of a military conflict are highly complex and require a complex approach from the authorities, the public, and international organizations. Particular attention should be paid to developing support programs, training, and retraining to provide the population with opportunities to restore stability and everyday functioning in the labor market, which will positively affect social security.
Keywords: social security, security factors, working population, employment, unemployment.
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The article was received 15.12.2023