Taxi driver scandal in Kiev: who is right by law and whether it is worth dismissing drivers for Russian
The essence of the conflict is: the woman asked the driver to respond to her in the state language, the man called her sick and planted from the car. Rather, the linguistic Ombudsman Taras Kremin responded to the situation. He appealed to law enforcement officers and a taxi company to establish a man's identity and threatened with "legal steps" for breach of language law. Thus, according to the Ombudsman, the taxi driver threatens a fine of 3400 to 5100 UAH.
Bolt has declared the driver's application to the driver's account - permanently removed from the use of the service. Customer service should be in the state language, the company said. Instagram users have left disappointing comments under the latest publications of the Ukrainian Bolt Branch. Most people were in favor of returning the taxi driver. People threatened to complain about the head office and stop using its services.
Some hinted at the illegality of the driver's personal data without his consent, advised to apologize and compensate for material damage. For the driver, a deputy from the forbidden Party "OPZZ", former regional Yuriy Boyko and exader of the Presidential Office Alexei Arestovych. The first offered him work and the second asked for contacts to pay compensation at the time of finding a new job.
"I am looking for the contacts of the taxi driver Bolt, which was released after the attack of the linguistic Taliban," Arestovich wrote. According to the sources of the BBC Ukraine radio station in the police, the incident occurred on Sahaidachny Street in Podil. The driver, a resident of Kyiv born in 1984, was sent to the department and made an administrative protocol under Article 173 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
The man acknowledged that he had grown up with the passengers and had to speak Ukrainian, added police. It should be explained that this article provides for punishment for petty hooliganism, obscene swearing in public places, clinging to citizens and other actions that violate public order and tranquility. There is no word about communicating in Russian. The driver signed an offer with the company to provide transportation services.
According to Article 30 of the Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as State", the language of consumer service in Ukraine is the state language. "Enterprises, institutions and organizations of all forms of ownership, natural persons-entrepreneurs, other business entities serving consumers, service and provide information about goods (services), including through online stores and online catalogs, state language .
Information in the state language can be duplicated in other languages, " - the text of the document reads. The taxi driver provides a service, so he has to speak with passengers in Ukrainian, Natalia Vasilyuk, a lawyer "Riyako & Partners, said. "If the passenger goes Ukrainian to the driver, he needs to be answered accordingly. In the case of a passenger's appeal in Russian, it is not forbidden. It is not forbidden.
In cafes and restaurants, similar - waiters turn Ukrainian, but if people are in Russian, he can switch to her ", - the lawyer explained. The contract of public offer obliges to comply with the conditions of the company, so when a person is clicking the tick, it actually signs, Vasilyuk added. Business entities can transfer personal data to the law enforcement officers of a person suspected of administrative or criminal offense, she summed up.