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This article provides a brief overview of the substantive changes to Ukrainian employment law in 2017. They include an increase in the minimum wage, penalties for employment law violations, new visa rules for foreign workers, changes to state labour audits and pension reform. Increase to Minimum Wage From 1 January 2017, pursuant to the State Budget Act for 2017 the Ukrainian minimum salary was raised…
This article provides an overview of the international occupational health and safety regulatory frameworks and the employer’s duties and potential penalties that exist in Ukraine, the UK and France. It was first published in International HR Adviser in January 2018. Accidents in the workplace take place more often than most people realise. It is important that employers are aware of their liabilities and responsibilities to…
Most of the time, taking medication in the workplace creates no problems. Most prescription drugs have little impact on an employee’s ability to work safely. Some drugs, however may affect the employee’s safety or ability to focus. There is therefore considerable potential for prescription drugs to raise problems in the workplace. Indeed, when faced with this issue, employers, who generally have a safety obligation towards…
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” That’s how the comparison of football worship and (even) life looks like according to the famous British football manager Bill Shankly. Giving due credit to those keen on football, below we will try to weigh…