The deadline of 1 October 2014 has now passed for companies to
implement the changes to the Labour Code, adopted by parliament on
27 December 2013. Now the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
of the Population is in the process of comparing the list of legal
entities and employees registered with the Registry of Commercial
Legal Entities of the Ministry of Taxes and other agencies through
integrated electronic systems to the list of legal entities that
registered the employment contracts of their employees.
The changes introduced a new approach to concluding labour
contracts and the manner in which they enter into force. Before the
changes were adopted, employment contracts would enter into force
on the date they were signed or another date stipulated in the
contract. Employers did not have to register employment contracts
with government; moreover, Article 49 of the Labour Code prohibited
the registration or confirmation of labour contracts with/ by
government
