Ruling of the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on the Consolidation of Constitutional Proceedings in the Case on Constitutional Complaints by Viktor Volodymyrovych Soroka, Roman Mykolaiovych Karpenko, Yurii Oleksiyovych Prokopenko, Eduard Valentynovych Dudkevych, Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Romanenko regarding the Conformity with the Constitution of Ukraine (Constitutionality) of Subsection 17 of Section I of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Optimization of Labor Relations” dated July 1, 2022, No. 2352-IX and in the Case on the Constitutional Complaint by Olena Yuriivna Iliushonok regarding the Conformity with the Constitution of Ukraine (Constitutionality) of Subsection 17 of Section I of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Concerning the Optimization of Labor Relations”

This ruling concerns the procedural matter of consolidating six constitutional complaints into a single proceeding in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. All complaints relate to the review of the constitutionality of Subsection 17 of Section I of Law No. 2352-IX on the optimization of labor relations dated July 1, 2022. Structurally, the ruling consists of three parts: 1) description of previous procedural actions regarding five consolidated complaints; 2) information about the sixth complaint by Iliushonok O.Yu.; 3) justification for the necessity of consolidating all six complaints into a single proceeding. Key provisions of the ruling: 1) all complaints concern the same issue – the constitutionality of amendments to labor legislation; 2) case consolidation is carried out on the basis of the third paragraph of Part One of Article 76 of the Law on the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; 3) the consolidated proceeding is transferred for consideration by the Grand Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; 4) six rapporteur judges have been appointed to examine the case.

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