The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved changes to the procedure for reserving employees who have military obligations. The innovations cover enterprises, institutions, and organizations recognized as critically important for the economy and functioning of the state under martial law.
This is reported by Finway
Strengthening requirements and transparency of reservation
According to the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture, the decision aims to enhance transparency, fairness, and protect the reservation system from abuse. One of the main changes is the increase in the average salary threshold for confirming the status of a critical enterprise. From now on, for reserving employees, the salary level must be at least 25,941 hryvnias, which is equivalent to three minimum salaries.
For enterprises located in frontline areas, a more flexible approach is in place: they are allowed to reserve employees with an average salary starting from 21,618 hryvnias (2.5 minimum salaries). The list of such areas is determined by a special order from the Ministry of Development.
Adjusting quotas and criteria for criticality
Additionally, the government clarified how employees are counted in the quotas for reservation. Now, individuals who already have a deferment from conscription under Article 23 of the law “On Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization,” as well as part-time employees, will fall into the quota only for one of their places of work. This is intended to prevent the artificial increase in the number of employees that can be reserved and to ensure a more accurate determination of the enterprises’ needs to retain key specialists.
“The approved changes allow us to maintain a balance between the needs of defense and the stable operation of enterprises, without which the functioning of the economy in wartime is impossible,” said Minister of Economy Oleksiy Sobolev.
Within a month after the implementation of the ministry’s changes, central executive authorities and regional military administrations must re-approve their own criteria for criticality in agreement with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy. In doing so, the role of the enterprise in fulfilling state tasks, providing critical services, producing necessary products, supporting infrastructure, ensuring employment, and the stable operation of communities will be taken into account.
Furthermore, the government plans to review the status of all enterprises already designated as critically important within three months after the new rules come into effect.
It is worth noting that after the start of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, martial law was introduced and a general mobilization was announced.