The work is focused on the study of building up the argumentation on the improvement of working life quality, hence it is challenging for the development of the Russian Federation in general and as one of the goals of labor legislation. The survey is based on the economic aspect of the category "quality of working life", supplemented by the characteristics of the category "decent work" postulated by experts in the field of labor law. The work contains the analysis of documents of the International Labor Organization (ILO), program documents of the Russian Federation, and examples of regional regulation of improving the quality of working life. The main result of the study is that the goal of improving the quality of working life should be enshrined in the article 1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation as one of the major goals of labor legislation. It also substantiates the need of correcting certain labor law institutions, such as social partnership institutions, employment contracts, training and additional professional education of workers, working time and rest time, and labor protection.
Keywordsquality of working life, decent work, sustainable development, labor productivity, labor relations, labor law institutionsI.