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Labor Relations with Foreign Citizens

Labor Relations with Foreign Citizens

Most often this is the task of accountants, because they primarily bear the responsibility for bringing labor relations with foreigners into regulatory compliance, calculating wages, and withholding taxes from workers from other countries. By the way, if you are interested in a job as an accountant, Kyiv is considered one of the most prestigious regions of the country and this position in the capital is paid quite well.

One of the main documents required when hiring a foreigner is a work permit. The enterprise must obtain it to legally formalize labor relations with citizens of other states. The permit is issued by the state employment center for managerial staff and managers for the entire period of employment, for other categories of workers – for a period of one year with the right of extension.

The company receives a permit to employ foreign citizens only if it is impossible to perform a certain type of activity by its own citizens or if it provides justified arguments for the expediency of attracting foreign specialists. The use of foreign labor without such a document entails penalties for the enterprise and deportation of the worker. It should be noted that work in Kyiv by citizens of other countries without the appropriate permits and documents is economically unprofitable for both companies and the specialists themselves.

Labor relations between the employer and foreign citizens are regulated by the Laws of Ukraine 'On the Legal Status of Foreigners' and 'On Employment of the Population', according to which, to invite and officially register foreigners for work, the company must be registered with the OVIR. Such an employee can be dismissed only upon expiration of the contract, and grounds for early termination of the contract by the foreign citizen or his employer may be articles of the Labor Code of Ukraine (36,37,39,40,41,43-1).

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