ANNUAL REPORTOF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CHAPTER 1 46 46 RECOMMENDATIONS To the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: 1. To develop and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on ratification of Part III of ILO Convention 173 on the Protection of Workers’ Claims (Employer’s Insolvency). 2. To develop and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on ratification of Article 25 of the European Social Charter (revised). 3. To develop and submit to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a draft law on observing the requirements of employees in case of insolvency of the employer. 4. To ensure the resumption of the activities of the Commission on payment of wage arrears, pensions, scholarships and other social payments, as well as its regular meetings. 5. To strengthen control over the implementation of the Emergency Action Plan on Repayment of Wage Arrears, approved by the Ordinance of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine #517-r of 22 July 2016 “On Approval of the Emergency Action Plan on Repayment of Wage Arrears.” 6. To bring the provisions of national labour legislation in line with international and European labour norms and standards. 7. To ensure control over the implementation by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine of measures to increase the number of employed able-bodied persons with disabilities that were identified as a priority by the Programme of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved by the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine #188 of 4 October 2019 “On the Programme of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.” To executive authorities and local self-government bodies: 1. To strengthen control over compliance with labour law requirements by the employers, including on timely payment of wages, as well as on formalization of labour relations with employees. 2. To ensure implementation of effective employment programmes for persons with disabilities. 1.4. Right to education In the context of education reform in Ukraine, it is extremely important to ensure the accessibility and free of charge of vocational, technical and higher education in public and community-owned education institutions. Therefore, the Commissioner focused on the exercise of parliamentary oversight over the observance of the rights of students of vocational-technical and higher education in the context of reform.