Discriminatory Requirements In Job Advertisements In Ukraine

Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising", which introduced a legal definition for sex-based discriminatory advertising with effect from 8 January 2022, also affected job advertisements.

Job advertisements (vacancy announcements) are subject to the provisions of the Ukrainian advertising law. It means that restrictions on the content of the job advertisements apply. Specifying age restrictions for job seekers, or offering jobs only to women or only to men (except as when work can be performed exclusively by persons of a certain gender), to persons of specific race, skin color, political, religious and other beliefs, only to members of trade unions or other associations, or to representatives of specific ethnic and social origin or property status, place of residence, language etc. is strictly prohibited.