The Labor Code Amendments

The Supreme Council made amendments to the Labor Code, according to which the employer has the right to conclude fixed-term employment contracts for a period of at least 1 year with employees who have reached retirement age (55 years for women and 60 years for men) and who are assigned a pension last year. At the same time, when an employee switches from an indefinite to a fixed-term employment contract, he is fired and re-hired. Whether it is necessary in this case to undergo a medical examination, as prescribed in the Labor Code for those seeking a job – this issue was decided to be settled at the level of the law by the deputies of the Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare. Such an employee in their opinion has already undergone medical examinations both at the initial employment and during the period of further employment. In addition, work under a fixed-term employment contract is a continuation of labor activity. Based on these arguments, the deputies of the Committee amended the Labor Code and proposed to eliminate the requirement to undergo a medical examination for age pensioners with whom a fixed-term employment contract is concluded.

The law-in-draft will be considered in the first reading at one of the plenary sessions. If adopted, the Committee will take into account the comments received from the Accounts Chamber and the Government and issue in the form of amendments for the second reading.