2015-08-21
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Labor legislation sets special norms to protect labor and health of women, considering physical capabilities, and to care of motherhood and childhood. According to art. 174 of Labor Code of Ukraine (LCU) women labor can’t be used at heavy, unsafe and harmful workplace and also at underground work.
Women can’t be assigned to work associated with lifting or carrying weights over set norms. Weight limits are:
- 10 kg for periodically lifting and carrying weights (2 times for hour) simultaneously with other kind of work;
- 7 kg for constantly lifting and carrying weights during work shift.
Total weight to be lifted (carried) during every hour of work shift can’t be higher 350 kg if it’s lifted from working face or 175 kg – from the floor.
Involving women for work in night hours is suppressed and only admitted temporarily (art. 175 of LCU).
Pregnant women and women who have children younger 3 years are not involved into work in night hours, overtime and days off, they also can’t be sent to busyness trip (art. 176 of LCU). Women who have children from 3 to 14 years old can’t be assigned to work overtime or sent to busyness trip without their agreement (art. 177 of LCU). Pregnant women should be transferred to work with less work production but keeping the same salary (art. 178 of LCU). Pregnant women have vocation connected with pregnancy and childbirth with duration of 126 days (70 days before and 56 days after childbirth). After this vocation woman has right to have another vocation to look after children for three years and additional unpaid vocation for three more years until child is in 6 years age. Length of service continues during these vocations (art. 181 LCU).
Pregnancy or having children can never be considered by employer as the reason not to give an employment. Woman having children younger 3 years can’t be fired by employer’s initiative (art. 184 LCU).
