Employment Lawyer in Kyiv

EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES · KYIV AND ALL OF UKRAINE

Employment lawyer: protecting your rights and your pay

Unlawful dismissal, unpaid wages, reinstatement, pressure from an employer. We assess the situation honestly and defend you, in negotiations or in court.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · 94 reviews · 15 years of practice

Being dismissed or not paid?

Describe the situation. We will go through the documents and tell you what your rights are and what can realistically be recovered from the employer.

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5,0
Google rating
94
client reviews
15+
years of litigation practice
24/7
online across Ukraine

WHAT MATTERS

Deadlines in employment disputes are short

1 month

To challenge a dismissal

A claim for reinstatement is filed within a month of the order or your employment record book being handed to you. Miss it and you will have to justify the delay.

3 months

In disputes over payments

The general period for going to court in employment disputes. For recovering wages that were calculated but not paid, there is no time limit.

Evidence

Collect it straight away

Orders, payslips, correspondence with the employer: once the conflict starts, access to them disappears. Record everything while you still can.

The rules are stated in general terms. We assess the exact deadlines and prospects after reviewing your documents.

TRANSPARENT TERMS

Ways we work on employment disputes

WHERE TO START

Confidential consultation

We go through your situation: dismissal, pay, pressure. We tell you what the chances are and what can realistically be recovered. After reviewing the documents we name a clear budget. Online or at our office in Kyiv.

Online or at the office

ONE-OFF SERVICE

A document or a consultation

Pay per action

✓ Review of the dismissal order
✓ Claim letter to the employer
✓ Statement of claim to the court
✓ Complaint to the Labour Inspectorate
✓ Attendance at one hearing

POPULAR CHOICE

FULL DISPUTE SUPPORT

We run the case for you

Payment by stages

✓ Strategy and gathering evidence
✓ Reinstatement through the court
✓ Recovery of wages and compensation
✓ Average earnings for the period of enforced absence
✓ Every hearing without you attending

COMPLEX DISPUTES

Executives, workplace bullying, collective claims

Individual budget

✓ Disputes involving executives and civil servants
✓ Workplace bullying and discrimination
✓ Collective employee claims
✓ Employee liability for damage
✓ Settlements with the employer

CHECKLIST

Being dismissed: what to do right now

01

Do not write a resignation letter under pressure. Once you have, challenging the dismissal becomes far harder.

02

Ask for a copy of the order and written reasons for the dismissal. The employer is obliged to provide them.

03

Gather the documents: employment contract, orders, payslips, work correspondence, witnesses contacts.

04

Record the breaches and the pressure: screenshots, written complaints, recordings of conversations. These become evidence in court.

05

Do not miss the deadline: you have only a month to claim reinstatement. The sooner you come to us, the more options there are.

CLEAR AND STEP BY STEP

How we work

01

Consultation and document review

We listen to the situation and look at the order, the contract and the calculations. We say honestly which claims are realistic and what can be recovered.

02

Claim letter and negotiations

We close some disputes without court: we prepare a reasoned demand to the employer and negotiate.

03

Court

Claim, evidence, hearings without you attending. Reinstatement, wages, average earnings for the period of enforced absence, damages for distress.

04

Enforcing the decision

We make sure the reinstatement and the payments actually happen: enforcement proceedings and work with the bailiffs, through to real money.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Frequently asked questions about employment disputes

Do not write it. A voluntary resignation is almost impossible to challenge. Record the pressure (correspondence, witnesses, recordings) and speak to a lawyer: forcing someone to resign is unlawful, and that argument works in your favour.

One month from the day you are handed a copy of the dismissal order or your employment record book. The deadline is extended only for good reason, so it is better to act at once.

Reinstatement or a change to the stated grounds for dismissal, average earnings for the whole period of enforced absence, unpaid wages and compensation, and in certain cases damages for distress.

A written demand, a complaint to the Labour Inspectorate and a claim in court. If you were dismissed, average earnings are recoverable for the period the final settlement was delayed. For wages that were calculated but not paid, there is no time limit for going to court.

Yes, but first the employment relationship has to be proved: witnesses, access passes, correspondence, rotas, regular transfers to your card. It is harder, but entirely realistic. After that you can demand both formalisation and payment.

Reinstatement cases are heard on shortened timescales, in practice from a few months. Some disputes we close by settlement before a decision. We can be more precise after reviewing the documents.

OUR EXPERIENCE

Examples of employment cases

✓ REINSTATED

Dismissal found unlawful

Situation: the employee was dismissed for absence after a conflict with management, although the absence had been agreed.

Actions: we gathered evidence that the absence had been approved, brought in witnesses and filed a claim for reinstatement.

Result: the court reinstated the client and awarded average earnings for the period of enforced absence.

✓ WAGES RECOVERED

Wage arrears and compensation

Situation: after the dismissal the employer went months without paying the final settlement.

Actions: we prepared a claim for the arrears and for average earnings covering the delay in the settlement.

Result: the court awarded the arrears in full together with compensation for the delay.

✓ SETTLEMENT REACHED

Compensation without going to court

Situation: the client was being pushed into resigning voluntarily so that no compensation would have to be paid.

Actions: we recorded the pressure, sent the employer a reasoned claim letter and negotiated.

Result: an agreement was signed for termination by mutual consent, with compensation paid.

Cases are anonymised. Every case is individual, the outcome depends on the specific circumstances and is not guaranteed.

Адвокат Ілона Мельничук, сімейні, цивільні та господарські справи, ЛЕКСОН
YOUR LAWYER

Ilona Melnychuk

Lawyer · Employment and civil cases · 15 years of practice

She runs employment disputes from the claim letter to enforcement: reinstatement, wages, compensation. She looks for a quick negotiated solution first; if that fails, she takes the case to the end in court.

Адвокат Віталій Петрик, судова практика, адвокатське об'єднання ЛЕКСОН
LITIGATION

Vitalii Petryk

Lawyer · Litigation practice · 15 years of experience

He steps into the difficult cases: executive disputes, large claims, appeals. He builds a position that holds up at first instance and on review.

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