V monografii provoditsya kompleksnyy analiz teoreticheskikh i prakticheskikh problem pravovogo regulirovaniya otnosheniy po professional"nomu obucheniyu rabotnikov (professional"noy podgotovke, perepodgotovke, povysheniyu kvalifikatsii). Vyyavlyayutsya sushchestvuyushchie vzaimosvyazi v protsesse realizatsii rabotnikami prava na trud i prava na obrazovanie v usloviyakh rynochnoy ekonomiki v Rossii. V monografii obosnovyvaetsya vyvod o tom, chto aktivno idet protsess formirovaniya instituta dopolnitel"nogo professional"nogo obrazovaniya vzroslykh, prezhde vsego rabotnikov. Odnako, nesovershenstvo zakonodatel"noy bazy tormozit etot protsess. Rezul"tatom provedennogo issledovaniya yavlyayutsya sformulirovannye printsipy pravovogo regulirovaniya otnosheniy po professional"nomu obucheniyu rabotnikov, vydelenie vidov garantiy, predostavlyaemykh rabotnikam, sovmeshchayushchim rabotu i obuchenie, i opredelenie soderzhaniya takikh garantiy,ustanovlenie znacheniya professional"nogo obucheniya dlya sokhraneniya zanyatosti i povysheniya potentsiala k trudoustroystvu. Monografiya adresovana studentam, aspirantam, sotrudnikam obrazovatel"nykh uchrezhdeniy, rabotodatelyam i rabotnikam.