State Labor Service: New Labor Code may be approved in the first half of 2017

A new Labor Code of Ukraine may be approved in the first half of the current year.

Roman Cherneha, Head of the State Labor Service of Ukraine said this on Thursday, when representing a public report of the State Labor Service's activities in 2016, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"Our employees take an active part in the development of a new Labor Code, and recent meetings, which took place with the participation of experts from various departments, give hope that in this half-year period  a new Labor Code will be finally adopted,” Cherneha said.

According to him, the new Labor Code will be as balanced as possible, during the development of its final draft, remarks from all parties involved in this process will be considered.

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