{"id":787547,"date":"2017-09-01T12:49:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T09:49:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:27:25","slug":"association-members-report-draft-labor-code-published-second-reading-largely-ignores-position-business-community-conscientious-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/association-members-report-draft-labor-code-published-second-reading-largely-ignores-position-business-community-conscientious-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Business insists on the necessity of new Labour Code adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Association members report that the Draft Labor Code, which was published before the second reading, largely ignores the position of the business community as conscientious employers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In particular, the profile Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine did not support the following proposals from the business:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Possibility of concluding labor contracts both in writing and in oral form;<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The need for the employer to agree with his \/ her legal acts with the union \/ freely chosen representatives of employees in certain cases;<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Possibility for employers to dismiss employees in case of committing actions for which, according to the legislation on prevention of corruption, criminal, administrative, civil or disciplinary liability is provided;<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. To introduce the notion of minimum wage level of an unskilled worker for the full working time standard, which should include all types of remuneration;<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Leave the type of work and basic leave, but increase it to 30 days (instead of 24 days today) and 2 social leave (for pregnancy and childbirth and for caring for a child under 2 years old (today up to 3). Other vacations and their duration to be defined in collective agreements and agreements;<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Exempt rules on the authorization of trade unions at the initiative of the administration in the event of a reduction, reorganization, or discrepancy of the employee’s position or performance due to inadequate qualifications or health, which impede the continuation of work;<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. To exclude the need to inform the union about overtime work if the employee has given his written consent to such work;<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. To consolidate the possibilities of the heads of the separate subdivisions (branches) of legal entities to conclude labor contracts on behalf of the legal entity;<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. To expand the list of persons who can be employed without obtaining a work permit, adding such a list of categories of persons whose employment is carried out without obtaining a permit in accordance with part 6 of Article 42 of the Law of Ukraine “On Employment of the Population” No. 5067-VI of July 5, 2012 and other suggestions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Association emphasizes the importance of the adoption of the Labor Code, but draws attention to the need for a substantial revision of the existing project. The Association’s experts are ready to give their expertise in order to make a judicious decision on the new regulation of labor relations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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