On July 19, 2022, Law of Ukraine No. 2352-IX On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine, Governing Optimization of Labor Relations entered into full force and effect and amended the Code of Labor Laws of Ukraine (the Labor Code), the Laws of Ukraine On the Organization of Labor Relations under Martial Law, On Leaves, and others.

Below we bring you a summary of the main amendments that the employer should be aware of.

Salaries of mobilized employees

Employers now are not obliged to pay an average salary to employees mobilized for military service, but the employees shall remain employed and continue to hold their positions (part three of Article 119 of the Labor Code). Previously, the employer had to continue to pay such employees’ average salaries for the entire period of the employee’s military service.

Secondary employment

Secondary employment is now allowed for an employee at the employer’s primary place of work (Article 102-1 of the Labor Code). Previously, this was not a possibility.

New grounds for terminating employment:

1. Death of an employer who is an individual or entry into full force and effect of a court decision whereby such individual is recognized as missing or declared dead (section 8-1 of Article 36 of the Labor Code);
2. Death of an employee, his/her recognition as missing or declared dead in accordance with a court decision (section 8-2 of Article 36 of the Labor Code);
3. The employee’s absence from work and lack of information regarding the reasons...

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