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The Pension Fund refused to grant an old-age pension because there was no record of the employer’s contribution payments. The person’s employment periods from 1 July 2000 to 1 January 2004 were not included in the insurance record. Labor Initiatives lawyers helped prepare a claim seeking to have the Pension Fund’s refusal declared unlawful and […]
Lawyers from the NGO Labor Initiatives helped defend the rights and interests of four informally employed women working at a grocery store. One of the workers contacted the Legal Clinic. She and three of her colleagues had been working without formal employment and had not received their wages for the final three months of their […]
Lawyers from Labor Initiatives have secured an important victory before the Supreme Court of Ukraine, reinforcing judicial protection of workers’ rights. The case reached the Supreme Court after the appellate court unlawfully refused to open proceedings, arguing that the dismissed worker had to pay a court fee for an additional claim seeking to invalidate the […]
An internally displaced person who had worked at a chain clothing store sought assistance from the Labour Initiatives legal clinic after facing wage non-payment and informal employment conditions. According to the worker, the employment relationship had not been properly formalized, and during the last three months the employer completely stopped paying wages. After deciding to […]
Legal Clinic Helps Single Mother Recover Delayed Wage Payments After Dismissal LI lawyers assisted a female employee, a single mother, in seeking delayed wage payments and compensation for unused leave following her dismissal. According to the worker, despite her personal appeals to the employer, her requests were ignored. Labour Initiatives lawyers prepared an official appeal […]
LI lawyers assisted in defending the rights of a serviceman who had been mobilized into the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During his military service, the worker decided to resign from his civilian position, which had been preserved for him under Ukrainian law. However, after dismissal, the employer failed to calculate the final payments in full and […]
Lawyers from Labor Initiatives helped defend the labour rights of a service member mobilised into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. While serving, he decided to resign from his primary civilian job. However, during the final settlement, the employer failed to make full payment and ignored the requirement to compensate accumulated leave days. Over the previous […]
Lawyers from Labor Initiatives successfully defended the rights of an internally displaced pension-age person in court. The individual approached the organisation after facing difficulties during a pension recalculation process. It was discovered that their education diploma, issued in the 1980s, contained a surname spelling error in Russian transliteration that did not match the passport data. […]
Lawyers from Labor Initiatives supported a worker – a single mother – in defending her labour rights and recovering unpaid entitlements. She approached the Legal Clinic regarding wage arrears and unpaid financial compensation for all unused annual and additional leave days upon dismissal. The worker had repeatedly contacted the employer verbally, but her requests were […]
An internally displaced worker employed at a retail clothing chain approached the Labor Initiatives Legal Clinic for assistance. The worker’s labour relationship had not been properly formalised, and for the last three months of employment the employer completely stopped paying wages. After deciding to resign, the worker attempted to recover the unpaid salary, but her […]
An internally displaced woman who worked at a company engaged in fuel trade turned to the legal clinic of a civil society organization for assistance. After deciding to resign, she did not receive her final payment — including her last month’s salary and compensation for unused leave. The employer justified the non-payment by referring to […]
Lawyers from the NGO Labor Initiatives helped a worker of a private trading company recover over 40,000 UAH in unpaid wages and cancel an unlawful order for unpaid leave.
