Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor

Oleh Yaroshenko was born on October 12, 1973, in Dmytrivka, Lebedyn district, Sumy region.

In 1996 he graduated from the National Law Academy of Ukraine. In June 1999 he was appointed an assistant of the Department of Labour Law and defended his dissertation on the topic “Legal status of the labour relations parties” for the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences. In February 2001 he became an associate professor, and in December 2007 – a professor of the Department of Labour Law. In the same year Oleh Yaroshenko defended his dissertation on the topic: “Sources of labour law of Ukraine” for the degree of Doctor of Legal Sciences. In 2011 he was awarded the academic title of professor. From July 2018 to June 2021 he worked as Head of the Department of Labour Law.

Since July 2021 Oleh Yaroshenko is the Vice-Rector for Academic and Methodical Affairs.

He is the author of about 460 scientific papers. Member of the expert council on examination of dissertations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on legal sciences, working group on organization and conduct of a unified professional entrance exam, as well as working group on methodological, organizational and analytical support of a unified state qualifying exam in specialties 081 “Law” and 293 “International Law”. Member of the specialized academic council of the University.

Prof. Yaroshenko is a member of the editorial boards of collections of scientific works “Bulletin of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine”, “Problems of Legality”, “Actual Problems of Law: Theory and Practice”, “Theory and Practice of Jurisprudence”, “Social law”, scientific and legal journals “Labour and Social Law” (Republic of Belarus), “Legal Science and Practice”, “World of Science and Education”, as well as scientific and practical journal “Personnel Manager-01”, “World of Science and Education”. Oleh Yaroshenko participated in the development of draft LC of Ukraine, Law “On Civil Service”, “On Higher Education”, “On Employment”, “On Professional Development of Employees”, “On Social Dialogue in Ukraine”, “On Compulsory State Health Insurance”, etc.

Oleh Yaroshenko is awarded the Certificate of Appreciation of the Kharkiv Regional Organization of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine (2012, 2013), Diploma of the National University “Yaroslav Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine” (2012), Diploma of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (2014), the Certificate of Appreciation of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine (2015), Diploma of the Department of Science and Education of the Kharkiv Regional Administration (2016), Diploma of the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council, The Certificate of Appreciation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2018), The Certificate of Appreciation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019), Diploma of the Security Service of Ukraine (2020). He is a laureate of Yaroslav Mudryi Prize (2013).

Prof. Yaroshenko was elected Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine in 2017