The book offered to readers contains answers to the most frequently encountered questions of citizens who find themselves in a crisis situation with work, and also discusses the issues of providing benefits and compensation to both certain categories of workers and persons working in some specific working conditions, in the light of the introduced into force on February 1, 2002 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and subsequent amendments and additions to it. The book is intended for practical workers of personnel services of enterprises and organizations, regardless of their form of ownership. It can be useful when teaching students from institutions of secondary specialized and higher vocational training, improving the qualifications of workers, as well as to all other persons interested in labor legislation.