Yana Simutina

Position: Professor (part time).
Academic degree, academic title: Doctor of Law, Senior Researcher.
E-mail: yana_simutina@ukr.net

Education:

In 2001, she graduated from Kyiv University of Law, received a master’s degree with honors, specialty “Jurisprudence”.
In 2007, she defended her thesis for the degree of candidate of legal sciences on the topic: “Methods of wage regulation at the modern stage (legal issues)” (specialty 12.00.05 – labor law; social security law).
In 2013, she received the academic title of senior researcher.
In 2019, she defended her dissertation for the Doctor of Laws degree on the topic: “Legal facts in the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations” (specialty 12.00.05 – labor law; social security law).

Disciplines:

Bachelor’s degree:

  • Labor Law;
  • Labor disputes.

Scientific activity

Field of scientific interests:

Labor Law; the right to social security; participation in grants/international conferences/other scientific events; writing theses, monographs, textbooks, training manuals, etc.; reviewing monographs, textbooks, training aids, etc.; development of methodological support.

ORCID: 0000-0001-7579-187X
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.ua

Scientific publications:

  1. Yana Simutina. Current challenges of the labour law of Ukraine: On the way to European integration. Juridica International. 2018/27. P. 88-93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12697/JI.2018.27.09.
  2. Simutina Y.V. Electronic document management in labor relations: problems of theory and practice. Labor and social law. Scientific-practical. magazine. 2018. No. 3 (27). pp. 22-27. https://per.nlb.by/zhurnaly/?source=5094.
  3. Y.V. Simutina Court decision in the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations. Almanac of law. 2017. Issue 8. P. 379-383. http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/ap_2017_8_95.
  4. Y.V. Simutina The moment of emergence of trade union legal personality in the context of the principle of abuse of rights. Scientific Bulletin of the International Humanitarian University. Series: Jurisprudence, 2017. No. 29. T. 2. P. 41-44. http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/Nvmgu_jur_2017_29%282%29__12.
  5. Y.V. Simutina System of legal facts in labor law of Ukraine. Scientific Bulletin of Kherson State University. 2017. Issue 6. Vol. 1. P. 146-149.
  6. Y.V Simutina Legal relations on professional training of employees in the context of legal facts that give rise to them. Constitutional state. 2018. Issue 29. P. 160-168. http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/PrDe_2018_29_22.
  7. Y.. Simutina Mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations: methodological aspect. Journal “ScienceRise: Juridical Science”. 2018. No. 3 (5). P. 41-46. http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/srjusc_2018_3_9.
  8. Y.. Simutina Abuse of the right as an illegal implementation of labor law norms. Journal of the Kyiv University of Law. 2019. No. 4. https://chasprava.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/download/133/121.
  9. Yana Simutina, Svitlana Synenko. Labour Law Reform in Ukraine: in Search of Equilibrium between Protectionism and Liberalisation. Journal of Law and Political Sciences. Vol. (23)-B (2) March 2020, p. 161-189. (Web of Science).
  10. Y.V. Simutina Conclusion of fixed-term employment contracts with teachers of retirement age: differentiation or discrimination? Entrepreneurship, economy and law. 2020. No. 11. C/ 73-79.
  11. Y. V. Simutina, D. O. Menuyk. Court decision as an object of review under newly discovered or exceptional circumstances in the civil process of Ukraine. State and law. 2020. Issue 88. P. 89-98.
  12. Yana Simutina, Sergii Venediktov. COVID-19 and Labour Law: Ukraine.  Italian Labour Law e–Journal. Special Issue 1, Covid-19 and Labour Law. A Global Review. Vol. 13 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1561-8048/10946.
  13. Simutina Y.V. Novels of regulation of remote work and flexible working hours in the labor legislation of Ukraine. Labor and social law. Scientific-practical. magazine. 2020. No. 2 (34). pp. 32-29. (Republic of Belarus).
  14. Y.V. Simutina Decodification vs recodification of labor legislation of Ukraine. Constitutional state. 2020. Issue 31. P. 291-298.
  15. Yana Simutina, Sergii Venediktov. The Effects of COVID-19 on Ukraine’s Regulation of Employment Relations. E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies, 2020. Vol. 9. No.3. URL:  http://ejcls.adapt.it/index.php/ejcls_adapt/article/view/842     (Scopus)

Educational and methodical manuals

  1. Y.V. Simutina The section “Problems of adapting the legal regulation of labor relations and employment of the population in Ukraine to EU standards” in the monograph “Legal problems of labor and pension legislation of Ukraine in the context of European integration: monograph / answer. ed. N.M. Khutoryan / N.M. Khutoryan, Y.V. Simutina, M.M. Shumylo et al. Kyiv: Nika Center, 2017. P. 80-110.
  2. Y.V. Simutina Chapter 9 “Work Pay” (co-authored with O. V. Valetska, V. L. Kostyuk, D. I. Sirokha) in the textbook “Labor Law of Ukraine”. Kyiv: Yurinkom Inter, 2017.
  3. Y.V. Simutina Subchapter 9 “Payment of labor” in the book Qualification (lawyer) exam: education. a guide for persons who have expressed a desire to become a lawyer: in 17 books. /for sciences ed. O.D. Sviatotsky [and others]. Book 10: Labor legislation / M.M. Shumylo, S.V. Venediktov, Y.V. Simutina [and others]. Kyiv: In Yure, 2017. P.
  4. Y.V. Simutina Legal facts in the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations: monograph. Kyiv: Nika-Center, 2018. 436 p.
  5. Great Ukrainian legal encyclopedia: in 20 volumes. Kharkiv: Pravo, 2016. Volume 11: Labor law / editor: S.M. Prylypko (head), M.I. Inshin (deputy chairman), O.M. Yaroshenko et al.: Nat. Acad. rights Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of State and Law named after V.M. Koretsky National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; National law University named after Yaroslav the Wise. 2018. 776 p. (Personal contribution: terms: “decent work”; “abuse of labor rights”; “precarization of labor (employment); “appointment to a position”; “court decision as a basis for employment relations”; “secondment”.
  6. Y.V. Simutina Preface; Chapter IV “Defects in the implementation of labor law norms”: collective monograph “Implementation of labor law norms: problems of theory and practice” / Y.V. Simutina, G.A. Trunova, N.M. Khutoryan, M.M. Shumylo and others; for general Y.V. Simutina Kyiv: Lyudmila Publishing House, 2020. 276 p.
  7. Great Ukrainian legal encyclopedia. Kyiv: Lyudmila Publishing House, 2020: Law of social security / editor: M.I. Inshin (head), O.M. Yaroshenko, N.M. Khutoryan, G.I. Chanysheva, N.M. Vapnyarchuk. 2020. 912 p. Author’s terms: unconditional basic income, inclusive education, social responsibility of business, social service, social rights, social security legal entity, consumer basket, combatant.

Scientific guidance (consulting) of the applicant who received a document on the award of a scientific degree

  1. Fartushok Taras Bogdanovych, the topic of the dissertation for obtaining the scientific degree of candidate of legal sciences “Protection of the right of employees to remuneration” from the specialty 12.00.05, date of defense – 30.03.2017.
  2. Lyudmila Frantsivna Kupina, dissertation topic for obtaining the scientific degree of Doctor of Legal Sciences “Effectiveness of labor law norms of Ukraine” from the specialty 12.00.05, date of defense – 20.09.2021

Internships, advanced training courses and certificates

  1. Advanced training at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine under a joint program with the International Public Organization “Universal Examination Network” on the topic “Fundamentals of testology and development of test tasks”, April 23-24, 2019; the total volume of the program is 0.5 ECTS credits (15 hours);
  2. Training “European Cohesion Policy for Ukraine” within the Jean Monnet Module “Social Cohesion in Education and Governance: European Studies”, October 21-22, 2019, 12 study hours, which is 0.4 ECTS credits;
  3. Participation in the International Scientific Conference “Labor is not a Commodity: the Value of Work and its Rules between Innovation and Tradition”. International School of Higher Education in Labor and Industrial Relations, organized by ADAPT, November 28-29, 2019, Bergamo, Italy.
  4. Training for trainers “Teaching the European Social Charter and the practice of the European Committee of Social Rights”, June 14-25, 2021, total amount of 1.5 ECTS credits (45 hours).

Practical experience, expert and public activity

Member of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Supreme Court; national expert of the Council of Europe in Ukraine.

Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124

Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 7AM - 7PM
Weekend: 10AM - 5PM

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