Important Changes in the Ukrainian Labour, Data Protection and
Anti-Corruption Legislation in 2014
Labour & Employment
2014 again did not become the year of
adoption of the long-awaited new Labour Code. In general, this year
did not result in any significant legislation in the labour law
area.
The most notable act enacted in 2014 is the
Law on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding
Protecting Investors Rights. This Law, which came into force on 1
June 2014, allows to fire top managers of Ukrainian companies for
no cause (i.e. decision of the company's highest governing body
will be sufficient), as well as increases liability of the
companies' management.
In the spring of 2014, the Ukrainian
parliament passed several acts introducing changes into certain
laws of Ukraine with respect to mobilisation aimed at ensuring that
employees called for military duty in the course of mobilisation
keep their job, position and average salary (for up to one
