On 18 May 2024 (with certain exceptions), Law of Ukraine No. 3633-IX “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Certain Issues of Military Service, Mobilization and Military Registration” dated 11 April 2024 will come into force. This Law, among others, imposes certain new obligations for employers and their employees who are subject to mobilization.

In Ukraine, employee job titles should be named exclusively in accordance with the national classifier DK 003:2010 “Classifier of Professions”. The Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine No. 1410 dated 16 January 2024 approved amendments to this Classifier, which complement the list of professions in accordance with the current demands of employers operating in international markets.

On 11 December 2022, Law No. 2759-IX of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Preventing and Countering Mobbing (Hostile Environment)” dated 16 November 2022 came into effect. Among other things, the Law: (i) provides the definition of “mobbing”; (ii) introduces new grounds for dismissal of employees in connection with mobbing; and (iii) guarantees compensation of moral damages for employees who have suffered from mobbing.

On 6 November 2022, Law No. 2682-IX of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on the Protection of Social, Labor and Other Rights of Individuals, Including During Martial Law, and Simplification of Accounting of Jobs for Disabled Persons” dated 18 October 2022 came into effect. It aims to improve the conditions for the protection of individuals’ rights to work and social protection.