Covid pandemic and amendments to Employment law in Ukraine and Europe
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2021.39.03.17Mots-clés :
Covid restrictions, Employment law, employees’ rights, EU Employment law, Ukrainian Employment law.Résumé
The COVID ? 19 coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the unwillingness of many spheres of public life to respond adequately to critical situations. And first, it concerned the legal regulation of labour relations, which has undergone quite fundamental changes, which today form a new, more modern system of functioning of the labour market. Businesses may indeed violate employees' rights and protection from completely unwarranted resignation and even to gain adequate justice and national government aid. Workers with informal employment agreements, and limited access to healthcare and social protection before the pandemic, are particularly at risk now.
The present research paper describes the relevant questions in Employment law, which relate to the Covid-19 pandemic in Ukraine and Europe.
Some workers’ right to engage in work may disproportionately suffer due to the restrictions in place. These include parents of young children and single parent families, employees with health issues and disabilities, and migrant workers transported to work in agriculture or to provide social care. There is also concern about fair and just working conditions.
This paper aims to answer the main questions connected with the Employment law in Covid time by conducting a literature review covering legal amendments to national and international legislations and examining the foreign practice related to employees’ rights connected with the labour restrictions in the time of pandemic.
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