1. Any gross violation of an employment contract by any official of an enterprise, institution
or organization regardless of their type of ownership, and also by a private person, or their
authorized agent, causing a person, by deceit, breach of trust or coercion, to perform any work
not provided for in the contract, shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free minimum incomes, or deprivation of the right
to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term up to five years, or arrest
for a term up to six months, or restraint of liberty for a term up to two years.
2. The same actions committed in regard of a citizen who was contracted to work outside
Ukraine, shall be punishable by a fine of 50 to 100 tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty
for a term up to three years.
Article 174. Compulsion to participate in a strike or preclusion from participation in a
strike
Compulsion to participate in a strike or preclusion from participation in a strike, by violence
or threats of violence or any other unlawful actions, shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to six
months, or restraint of liberty for a term up to three years.
Article 175. Failure to pay salary, scholarship, pension or any other statutory payments
1. Groundless failure of a manager of an enterprise, institution or organization regardless of
their type of ownership, to pay salary, scholarship, pension, or any other statutory payment
within a period over one month, shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 300 tax-free minimum incomes, or deprivation of the
right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term up to five years, or
correctional labor for a term up to two years, or imprisonment for a term up to two years, with
the deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for a
term up to three years.
2. The same action committed due to misuse of funds earmarked for salaries, scholarships,
pensions, or any other statutory payments, shall be punishable by a fine of 500 to 1000 tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty
for a term up to five years, or imprisonment for a term up to three years.
3. A person shall be discharged from criminal liability, if he/she paid to citizens salaries,
scholarships, pensions, or any other statutory payments before he/she is criminally
prosecuted.
Article 176. Violation of copyright and allied rights
1. Illegal reproduction or distribution of scientific, literary, or art works, computer software or
databases, and also illegal reproduction, distribution of performances, phonograms and
broadcast programs, making their illegal copies and distribution on audio and video tapes,
disks, and other media, and, also, any other use of anybody else's works, computer software
and databases, or anything protected by allied rights, without a consent of copyright or allied
rights holders, where such actions caused a significant pecuniary loss, -