Labour Contract by Labor Code of Ukraine

Art. 21 of Labor Code – “Labour Contract”

Labour contract is an agreement entered into between the employee and the owner of enterprise, institution or organization or authorized by him/her body or individual according to which the employee shall undertake to perform work determined in this agreement subject to observance of internal regulations, and the owner of enterprise, institution or organization or authorized by him/her body or individual shall undertake to pay the employee salary and provide working conditions required for performance of work as prescribed by labour legislation, collective contract and agreement of the parties.

The employee shall be entitled to realize his/her abilities as to efficient and creative work by entering into labour contract at one or simultaneously at several enterprises, institutions or organizations, unless otherwise prescribed by legislation, collective contract or agreement of the parties.

Special form of labour contract is an agreement in which its validity period, rights, liabilities and responsibilities of the parties (including material ones), conditions of material security and organization of employee’s work, conditions of termination of the contract, including before the appointed time, may be determined as agreed upon by the parties. Scope of the contract shall be determined by Laws of Ukraine.