Abstract
At present, the problem of employment of the population still occupies one of the first places in the social policy and economy of both individual constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the country as a whole. The scientific novelty of the work is associated with the study of an urgent and requiring constant improvement of the development of the problem and methodological foundations of unemployment and employment in relation to the Russian Federation and the innovative economy. The article offers recommendations for improving the regulation of employment and the labor market at the appropriate levels. The conclusion is made that only well-coordinated work of all parties of social partnership will make it possible to successfully solve problems in the sphere of labor and employment of the population, thereby ensuring social stability in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and in Russia as a whole.