Labor Code of Ukraine

The Labor Code of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Кодекс законів про працю України, romanized: Kodeks zakoniv pro pratsyu Ukrayiny) is the national code of laws about labor. The code was adopted and ratified by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on 10 December 1971.[1]

Labor Code of Ukraine
Original titleКодекс законів про працю України
Ratified10 December 1971
Date effective17 December 1971
Official Website
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/322-08

Overview

The Labor Code of Ukraine was adopted in the Soviet period and after the declaration of Ukraine's independence it was not adopted in a new version, only some articles of the Code were added and updated, which makes it generally considered an outdated legal act.[2]

The right to work in Ukraine is guaranteed by Article 43 of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Labor Code develops the provisions of this provision of the Basic Law. The right to work is the right of Ukrainian citizens, ensured by the state, to obtain employment with remuneration not lower than the minimum wage established by the state, and to freely choose a profession, occupation and work.

To replace the Labor Code adopted back in 1971, the government of Ukraine introduced draft law No. 2708 "On Labor," which was registered in the Verkhovna Rada on December 28, 2019, a couple of days before the deadline set by the president. By January 1, 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers was supposed to create conditions for "liberalization of labor relations and updating labor legislation." The document already has alternative versions, introduced by deputies of the Opposition Platform — For Life and Batkivshchyna.[3]

Structure

The Labor Code of Ukraine is divided into 18 chapters:

  1. General Principles
  2. Collective Agreement
  3. Labor Agreement
    1. Providing employment to laid-off workers
  4. Working Hours
  5. Resting Hours
  6. Normalization of Labor
  7. Payment for Work
  8. Guarantees and Compensations
  9. Warranties for laying onto employees a liability for damage caused to enterprises, institutions, organizations
  10. Job discipline
  11. Job security
  12. Female Labor
  13. Youth Labor
  14. Employee benefits that combine work with study
  15. Individual Labor Disputes
  16. Trade unions. Employee participation in managing an enterprise, institution, organization
    1. Labor team
  17. Compulsory state social insurance and pension provision
  18. Supervision and control over the observance of labor legislation

Notes
  1. "Про затвердження Кодексу законів про працю Української РСР". Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. Венедіктов, Сергій (2017). Правове регулювання праці у Великобританії: прогресивний досвід і перспективи для України (in Ukrainian). Київ: Ніка-Центр. p. 57. ISBN 978-966-7067-23-6.
  3. "Праця в законі: що несе бізнесу новий Трудовий кодекс — Статті — GMK Center". GMK (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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