The Committee on Social Policy, Employment and Pension Provision recommends that the Verkhovna Rada should adopt as a basis and in entirety the draft law on amendments to article 136 of the Labour Code of Ukraine (re ensuring salary protection against non-justified deductions and preventing violation of the presumption of innocence principle in the issue of imposing financial liability on the employee)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
18 February 2015, 10:25

The bill (Reg. No. 1043) establishes that compensation for damages to the employees in the amount that does not exceed average monthly wage shall be provided on the instruction of the owner or the body authorized by the owner by means of earnings contribution, given the written consent on an employee. 

Committee members upheld the bill adoption of which will allow increase protection of labour rights of employees and deprive the employer of the opportunity to make wage deductions in case the employee disagrees with deduction or its amount, and the employer failed to definitively prove this very employee guilt or the fact of damage.