Published: 15 March 2014
Aim. To study the Russian and foreign legislation on scientific and technical activities and to define the labour-legal status of academic teaching staff. Methods. The Russian legislation and acts of the United States, France and the CIS countries are analyzed with the aim of revealing features of scientific and technological activities leading to determining specifics of the labour-legal status of academic teaching staff. The authors provide general characteristics of the legal status of academic teaching staff, analyze their qualifications indicators to identify performance evaluation of the scientific-pedagogical activity. Results. From the analysis of the Russian and foreign legislation, based on science-based approaches and research findings, as well as their own judgments, the relationship between research and teaching activity is investigated. Exploring the labour-legal status of academic teaching staff in order to determine criteria for performance appraisal of the specified employees an author's legal definition of academic teaching staff is proposed in the art. 2 of the Federal Law of 29.12.2012 № 273-FL "On Education in the Russian Federation." Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty lies in studying relationship between research and teaching activities, identifying key issues of the legal status of academic teaching staff and the content of scientific and technical activities, the results of which are urgently needed in the near future.