Introduction. The article devoted to the urgent and important issue for modern Russia abbreviated terms apply for the protection of workers’ rights. Objective. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the practical situations where a shorter period, prevented workers to protect their rights and situations where employees have abused their right to go to court and did it on the last day of the deadline. Also the aim is to analyze the problems of protection of workers’ rights oversight bodies subject to broad interpretation jurisprudence maturities in court. Results. The author consistently discussed various practical situations use abbreviated terms recourse for workers with formal-logical method by studying the practice of the State Labour Inspectorate and the courts of the Saratov region investigated the data situation and draw some conclusions on the protection of workers’ rights. Besides concluded the need to improve labor legislation. Conclusions. Author draws conclusions about the state policy and oversight of the positive role of the judiciary as well as pre-trial protection of workers’ rights. The paper also emphasizes the adequacy and effectiveness of powers set out under the supervision of the Institute of compliance with labor legislation. In the implementation of supervisory powers, the State Labour Inspectorate specific role for the protection of labor rights violations of individual employees on their applications that emphasizes its importance as a form of self multidimensional oversight of the Federal Service for Labour and Employment.