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Presentation at the launch of "Metinvest Polytechnic"

Download the Presentation of the EU-ILO Project for the launch of the high-tech private steel and mining university ‘Metinvest Polytechnic’ in Mariupol in December 2020.

Recommendations to the draft legal act “Technical regulation of workers’ safety and health signs”

This is the first set of the EU-ILO Project technical recommendations to the SLS draft legal act “Technical Regulation of Workers’ Safety and Health Signs”, aimed at transposing to the internal juridical order of Ukraine the EU Council Directive...

Technical recommendations to the VRU alternative draft law, concerning regulation of non-standard forms of employment (No. 5161-1)

These are the EU-ILO Project technical recommendations regarding the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amending Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Regulate Some Non-standard Forms of Employment” (No. 5161-1), submitted to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 16...

Towards a comprehensive and resilient social security system

Social security and COVID-19: Which measures were effective in protecting workers?

The recent ILO report reviews the national social security measures in response to the COVID-19 crisis, analyses their effectiveness, and discusses future challenges in improving the social security systems. The report covers seven countries in the...

Technical recommendations to the draft law concerning regulation of the non-standard forms of employment (No. 5161)

This set of technical recommendations is aimed at ensuring a better alignment of the draft law concerning the regulation of the non-standard forms of employment (No. 5161) with the international and European labour standards and best practices.

Assessment of the Social Security Responses to COVID-19

The report reviews the COVID-19 situation and economic data, the social security and related measures implemented to address the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemics during the first lockdown in the second quarter of 2020.

Technical recommendations to the draft Law "On Amending Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine concerning Deregulation of Employment...

This is the set of technical recommendations of the EU-ILO Project regarding the draft Law of Ukraine "On Amending Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine concerning Deregulation of Employment Relationship" (No. 5388), developed by the Ministry of...

Technical recommendations to VRU draft law concerning the regulation of some matters of the employment relationship (No. 5054-1)

This is the set of technical recommendations of the EU-ILO Project regarding the draft Law of Ukraine “On amending the Labour Code of Ukraine concerning the Regulation of Some Matters of Employment Relationship” (No. 5054-1), submitted to Verkhovna...

Technical recommendations to the draft law concerning the definition of the concept of employment relationship and the indicators of its...

This is the set of technical recommendations on how to better align the draft law defining the concept of employment relationship and indicators of its existence (No. 5054) with the ILO and EU standards and best practices. It will be specially...

Decent Work Country Programme - Ukraine (2020 - 2024)

Technical recommendations to the draft law on OSH

This is the third set of the EU-ILO Project technical recommendations to the draft law “On occupational safety and health of workers” developed by the Ministry of Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture in order to better align it with the ILO...

Working without a labour contract is like playing with fire

Kateryna (name changed), the editor of an oblast-level media site, will hardly receive the 30,000 hryvnias that her employer owes her. It’s all because she did not have a labour contract and received her wage “in the envelope”. Read Kateryna’s story...

Working as three but earning as one

Undeclared work is work without a labour contract when job tasks are increasingly added without any extra pay, when days-off and leaves are denied, and wages are paid “in the envelope”. Tetiana worked exactly on such terms when she came to Kyiv to...

Lifelong learning

Why Trade Unions should act on Skills Development – and how?

To build a ‘better normal’ in the post-COVID-19 world of work, skills development and lifelong learning need to be part of economic transformation. This responsibility should not reside with governments and companies alone. Trade Unions have an...

Everyday protection: how labour contract kept Rivne oblast worker’s job

More than 2 million Ukrainians lost their jobs or went on forced leave during the quarantine in 2020. Those who worked undeclared were hit most because only a labour contract guarantees worker protection against unlawful dismissal and provides...

Timely fixed mistake: how entrepreneur from Luhansk oblast avoided penalty for undeclared workers

When you start your own business, mistakes are unavoidable. What matters is timely fixing them! Within the State Labour Service's “Go to Light!” information campaign labour inspectors help employers to formalise employment relationships in a proper...

Reaching out to everyone: how labour inspectors are getting closer to employers

Labour inspection practices in Ukraine are becoming increasingly closer to the European model. Labour inspectors are raising awareness of employers and workers all over the country, as part of the State Labour Service's “Go to Light!” information...

Thinking about future: how Mariupol worker takes cares of her decent pension

The years fly by. Before you know it, it’s time to retire and to reap fruits of your work. However, it is now that it is worth taking care of what those fruits will be.

Disguised employment: how Mariupol employer mistakenly concluded civil law contracts instead of labour contracts

Some employers conclude civil law contracts with their employees, instead of labour contracts. However, it’s not the matter in which one can choose comfortable options.

The last straw: why worker from Lviv decided to “go to light”

A growing number of Ukrainians are getting tired of working undeclared: working overtime with no pay, having no vacations, and not having access to sick leave and other social guarantees. However, to move from words to actions, one needs to be given...