TSG Guide: Labour Law
TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS ACCORDING TO DURATION
Employment relationship may be concluded for:
- indefinite term
- fixed term.
An employment contract may be concluded for a definite period, for entering an employment relationship which duration is predetermined by objective reasons justified by the deadline, the completion of a specific task or the occurrence of a specific event, during the existence of those needs.
Fixed-term employment relationship with the same employee may last, with or without interruptions, up to 24 months (this is maximum duration of fixed-term employment relationship).
Exceptions to the maximum duration of fixed-term employment relationships are:
- necessity of replacement of a temporarily absent employee, until his/her return;
- for work on a project which duration is predetermined, up to the project’s completion;
- with a foreign citizen, on a basis of a work permit in accordance with the law, for a period no longer than the validity of the permit;
- for work on the jobs at a newly established employer, which registration with the competent authority at the time of the entering into the employment contract is no longer than one year, for a period of up to 36 months;
- with an unemployed person who lacks up to five years to fulfil one of the conditions for old-age retirement, for a maximum period until the condition is met, in accordance with pension and disability insurance regulations.
Upon the expiry of the term of the employment contract from points 1-3, the employer may enter into a new fixed-term employment contract with the same employee, on the same or a different legal basis, in accordance with Article 37 of the Labour Law.
