SERVICE DISCIPLINE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

Abstract. This article examines service discipline as an integral element of the civil service.  Revealed the importance of service discipline for a civil servant.

Keywords: service discipline, civil service, civil servant, collection, encouragement.

Service discipline plays a crucial role in ensuring the effectiveness of the public service as a whole.

In accordance with Federal Law No. 79-FZ of 27.07.2004 “On the State Civil Service of the Russian Federation”, service discipline in the civil service is mandatory for civil servants to comply with the official regulations of a state body and official regulations established in accordance with this Federal Law, other federal laws, other regulatory legal acts, regulatory acts of a state body and with a service contract.

Service discipline is an important component for stimulating lawful behavior and conscientious attitude to the performance of their duties in the public service, which is ultimately determined by the effectiveness of the implementation of the functioning of the state apparatus.

The effectiveness of public administration is directly affected by the effectiveness of the work of a civil servant, which is determined by the conscientious fulfillment of the tasks facing the employee.

Compliance with official discipline is one of the main and important duties of an employee. This duty expresses the uniform requirements of the official behavior of a civil servant; it expresses the attitude to all other duties arising during the execution of the service contract [1].

For this period, the rules of the official order are approved for a civil servant by special acts.

Incentives are applied for good and effective public service.

Encouragement is the recognition of merit, the rendering of honor to employees for their conscientious work. The forms established by the current legislation in the form of incentives, as well as benefits, are an important means of incentive for civil servants.

In accordance with the Law on Civil Service, the following types of incentives and awards are applied for impeccable and effective civil service:

• declaration of gratitude with payment of a one-time incentive;
• awarding with a certificate of honor of a state body with the payment of a one-time incentive or with the presentation of a valuable gift;
• other types of encouragement and awarding of the state body;
• payment of a one-time incentive in connection with retirement for long service;
• encouragement of the Government of the Russian Federation;
• encouragement of the President of the Russian Federation;
• conferring honorary titles of the Russian Federation;
• awarding of the insignia of the Russian Federation;
• awarding orders and medals of the Russian Federation.

Along with incentives for civil servants, there is also a system of penalties. For the commission of a disciplinary offense, that is, for non-performance or improper performance by a civil servant through his fault of the official duties assigned to him, the representative of the employer has the right to apply the following disciplinary penalties:

• remark;
• reprimand;
• warning about incomplete official compliance;
• dismissal from the civil service for:

1. repeated non-fulfillment by a civil servant of official duties without valid reasons, if he has a disciplinary penalty;
2. a single gross violation of official duties by a civil servant:

• absenteeism (absence from an official place without valid reasons for more than four hours in a row during an official day);
• appearance on duty in a state of alcoholic, narcotic or other toxic intoxication;
• disclosure of information constituting a state and other secret protected by federal law, and official information that became known to a civil servant in connection with the performance of his official duties;
• commission at the place of service of theft (including petty) of someone else's property, embezzlement, intentional destruction or damage of such property, established by a court verdict that has entered into legal force or a resolution of the body authorized to consider cases of administrative offenses;

3. the adoption by a civil servant filling a civil service position of the category “managers” of an unreasonable decision that entailed a violation of the safety of property, its unlawful use or other damage to the property of a state body;
4. a single gross violation by a civil servant filling a civil service position of the category “managers” of his official duties, which entailed harm to a state body and (or) violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Before applying a disciplinary penalty, an internal audit is carried out.

It should be noted that in order for an employee to fulfill his duties, the employer's representative must create the conditions necessary for a civil servant to comply with official discipline.

Thus, a civil servant should be provided with: the possibility of passing through civil service and filling a certain position of such service (Article 23 of Law No. 79-FZ); appropriate organizational and technical conditions necessary for the performance of official duties (Article 14 of Law No. 79-FZ); necessary information and materials – local regulations relating to service activities (Article 14 of Law No. 79-FZ); occupational safety, health and safety (Article 212 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation); timely and full payment of labor (Articles 14, 52 of Law No. 79-FZ) [2].

Summing up, I would like to note that during the analysis and study of regulatory materials, as well as specialized literature, it was revealed that conscientious observance of official discipline carries guarantees of the effectiveness of the functions necessary to ensure the safety and prosperity of the state.