ON THE QUESTION OF RESTORATION OF THE MISSED DEADLINE FOR APPLYING TO THE COURT IN THE RESOLUTION OF INDIVIDUAL LABOUR DISPUTES

The article is devoted to the legal analysis of controversial theoretical provisions, as well as current judicial practice on the issue of restoring the missed deadline for applying to the court in resolving individual labour disputes. The author analyzes the explanations of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation regarding the recognition of the reasons for missing the deadline for applying to the court as valid. Due to the evaluative nature of this concept, an exhaustive list of valid reasons cannot be fixed either in legislation or in the explanations of higher judicial instances. The author’s analysis of ambiguous judicial practice on the issue of restoring the missed deadline for appeal allows him to conclude that the main guideline in this difficult issue should be the norms of the general part of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation, which presuppose the protection of the rights and interests of both employees and employers.