The Committee on Social Policy and Labour recommends that the Parliament adopts as a Basis the Bill on Amendments to certain Legislative Acts (re Establishment of Social Safeguards for Foster Parents)

23 June 2008, 14:56

The Bill (Reg. No.2415) introduces amendments to Article 1861 of the Labour Laws Code of Ukraine, and Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Law "On Leaves". The said amendments extend the legally established social and labour safeguards for the employees who bring up children without mothers onto the foster parents who adopted orphans or children deprived of parental care. Moreover, the Bill envisages extra leaves similar to those granted to the employees with children.  

 

The Committee upheld the said legislative motion.