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occupational safety and health in the course of their labour activity as well as
proper, safe and healthy labour conditions.

Respective state authorities ensure the governing relationship between

employers and employees in terms of occupational safety, hygiene and work
environment under the Law of Ukraine “On Labour Protection” whereas it also
stipulates the single procedure for organising labour protection in Ukraine.

Other regulatory legal acts are to comply with both the Constitution of Ukraine and other
laws of Ukraine as well as with the said Law in the first instance.
The Law of Ukraine “On Labour Protection” adopted in 1992 has become the first
regulatory legal act not only in Ukraine but also within the territory of former Soviet Union, which
as opposed to the labour protection norms set forth in Labour Codes of USSR and the Union’s
republics, directed legislation at protection of citizens’ interests ensuring prevalence of legal
regulation methods in this important field over administrative regulation which used to exist
before.
The Law “On Labour Protection” complies with the valid conventions and
recommendations of the International Labour Organisation as well as with other
international legal norms in this field.

According to the Law "On Labor Protection" government (state) policy
regarding health and safety is based on the following principles:
1) priority of life and health of workers in relation to the performance of the
company (the most important principle, all of the following articles and paragraphs of
the Law provide the conditions for the implementation of this principle);
2) the full responsibility of the employer for creating appropriate, safe and
healthy working conditions;
3) social protection of workers, full compensations to victims of accidents at

work and of occupational diseases;
4) establish uniform safety requirements for all enterprises and businesses,
regardless of ownership and activities;
5) using of economic management methods of labor protection (this principle
successfully is being implemented - it was introduced a mechanism of reparation to
victims of accidents and occupational diseases, introduced arrangements for the
maintenance of the average wage for working for a period of downtime in case of
failure of the working of, if conditions do not comply with legislation regulations,
and other rules of economic impact);
6) public awareness, training of workers on safety;
7) use of world experience to improve conditions and increase safety through
international cooperation (ratified some conventions of the International Labor
Organisation - ILO).

The Law "On Labor Protection" consists of the following parts:
1 Guarantees rights to labor protection (right to safety in the employment
contract, at work; workers' rights to benefits and compensation for difficult and
hazardous working conditions; conditions provide employees clothing and other
personal protective equipment; provided compensation for case of damage to the

4