“Reservation of employees: legal guarantees that are still lacking” — comment by Andriy Prykhodko for Kyiv24News

In a recent story for Kyiv24News, Andriy Prykhodko commented on a painful topic for many Ukrainians - the reservation of employees during martial law. It was not only about the procedure, but also about important legal and ethical aspects that have not yet been properly regulated.

Reservation - not just a status, but an obligation

Reservation is a kind of agreement between the state, employer and citizen. A person who returns to Ukraine or gets a job, hoping for stability, should receive real guarantees. And not a situation where they are fired the very next day without explanation, without compensation, without the opportunity to find another job.

Such an approach creates a feeling of instability and injustice. It contradicts both the principles of labor legislation and the basic norms of social responsibility.

Unforeseen cancellation of reservations - another problem

Separate attention should be paid to the danger of sudden or unjustified cancellation of reservations. People should know their rights and be able to defend them. It is unacceptable that reservations are terminated without warning, and employees themselves become hostages of bureaucratic decisions or dishonesty of individual employers.

What needs to be changed?

The problem is systemic in nature and requires clear, legally enshrined rules:

1. establishing a guarantee period of employment after reservation;
2. a transparent procedure for dismissing an employee under reservation with mandatory justification;
3. warning about the cancellation of the reservation in advance with the possibility of appealing it;
4. introducing mechanisms for protecting the employee in case of abuse or violations.