Easily manage employment in Ukraine

Employees are entitled to at least 24 calendar days of paid leave, depending on their health and workload.- 31 days: employees under the age of 18- 26 – 30 days: employees with different types of disability; more severe disability will warrant more days off & vice versaAn employer must accept an employee's request for unpaid leave for a specified duration in certain cases (a honeymoon is one example). Apart from the mandatory provision of unpaid leave, an employer can (but has no obligation to) provide unpaid leave to an employee for family reasons or any based on any other request. Any unpaid leave will not exceed 15 calendar days a year.

Ukrainian labour law mandates that the 11 public holidays are paid, in addition to the annual paid holiday entitlement.

Employees are entitled to unlimited paid sick leave until recovery or until the employee is officially confirmed as disabled.Employers are responsible for paying the sick leave until the 6th day, after which the employee will draw a sickness benefit from the Social Security Fund, at a rate ranging from 50 – 100% of his usual income.

Female employees are entitled to 126 days of paid maternity leave, starting 70 days prior to delivery and extending up to 56 days after. In case of multiple births or complications, maternity leave can be extended to 140 paid days off split before and after delivery.

Post-maternity, either parent of a newly delivered child can take unpaid parental leave to nurture the child until the age of three. The leave entitlement can be exercised from time to time or taken at a single stretch.

- Adoption: Parents adopting a newborn directly from a hospital are entitled to 56 days of paid maternity leave (70, in case of multiple adoptions) to nurture the newly adopted child. Only one parent can exercise the leave entitlement.- Rest Breaks: Ukrainian employees are entitled to rest breaks of up to two hours. A break is not included in working time. Generally, a rest break will be provided four hours after a shift begins. For shift workers, the duration of breaks between work shifts cannot be less than double the duration of the worked shift (including lunch). Employees cannot work two uccessive shifts.