DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL TERMINOLOGY IN EU LAW IN THE SPHERE OF SOCIAL POLICY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE TERMINOLOGY SYSTEM OF SOCIAL DIALOGUE)

Abstract

Introduction. The article is devoted to the identification and study of the patterns and trends in the development of legal terminology in the law of the European Union in the sphere of social policy. This goal was achieved by analyzing the relevant processes on the example of the transformation of the terminological system of social dialogue in European social constitutionalism with support from the legislation of the EU and the member states.

Summary of the main results of the study. It was established that the factors influencing the evolution of this terminological system were the development of the social economy, the implementation of the principles of “corporate social responsibility” and “environmental, social and corporate governance” determined by it, as well as the affirmation of the course for sustainable development with its priorities of an innovative and inclusive nature. It is proved that the intensification of the development of the terminological system of social policy in the EU was facilitated by the expansion of the content of the social state, the improvement of the dialogue between the authorities and society, the formation of capable institutions of social partnership, the involvement of a wider range of subjects in participation in social dialogue, etc. It is established that the terminological system of social dialogue in the EU has been supplemented by a number of new legal terms in the context of the modern understanding of the "social dimension" of European policy, the central concept of which is the term "well-being of the population" and related concepts, including the term "social progress index". It is revealed that the terminological innovation in terms of improving the mechanisms for ensuring the social policy of the EU and its member states has become the concept of the "European Semester" ("Semester") and the phenomenological concepts, substantively and procedurally related to it, including the concepts of "Social Convergence Framework", "Annual Growth Survey", "Asset Management Report", etc. Special attention is paid to the specifics of the development of the terminological system of social dialogue in the context of social policy in modern Ukraine.

Conclusion. The conclusion is substantiated that the development of the terminological system of social dialogue in the EU and its member states is due to its evolution from the legalization of the concept of social partnership as certain social relations based on democratic participation to institutionalization as a component of the European social model and an important instrument of the EU social policy.