Lyudmila Denisova: Government approved the bill that determines mechanism of preserving labour relations for employees from ATO area

The employees who, due to the ongoing antiterrorist operation, cannot do their job, will obtain the right to leaves without pay. The relevant decision was adopted at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, by voting for the amendments to article 25 of the Law of Ukraine "About leaves", said the Minister of Social Policy Liudmyla Denisova.

"In the East of Ukraine there occurred a situation when many workers cannot attend their workplaces, even staying within the inhabited localities in the area of hostilities. It is clear that this cannot be considered as absence without a valid reason," she said. However, she said, the legislation does not specify a mechanism for saving labor relations for this type of employees.

According to Lyudmila Denisova, if the bill is approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the employees will have an opportunity to get a vacation without payment at the time of the ATO in the relevant locality, taking into account the time required to return to work, but no longer than seven calendar days after the decision on termination of the ATO.

Such changes in the legislation will allow citizens with employment relationship in the territory of the ATO, to preserve their jobs and account the period of their absence from work in the seniority term, the Minister said.