{"id":7311,"date":"2026-03-13T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/blog\/trudovi-prava-tsyvilnykh-pislia-povernennia-z-polonu\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:59:03","slug":"trudovi-prava-tsyvilnykh-pislia-povernennia-z-polonu","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/en\/blog\/trudovi-prava-tsyvilnykh-pislia-povernennia-z-polonu\/","title":{"rendered":"How Labour Rights Are Protected for Civilians Returning from Captivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the latest episode of Union TV, Labour Initiative lawyers Kateryna Shvets and Alina Antonenko discuss one of the most legally complex and sensitive issues caused by the war \u2014 the labour rights of civilians returning from Russian captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a long time, the legal status and labour protections of civilian captives remained a legislative \u201cgrey area,\u201d forcing lawyers and courts to rely on legal analogies and fragmented judicial practice. 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