Ukraine’s Economy Minister Sets Mandatory Criteria for Employee Reservation.

Key Requirements for Employee Reservation in Ukraine

According to Novyny.live: Oleksiy Sobolev, Ukraine’s Minister of Economy, has outlined the compulsory conditions that companies must meet to reserve their employees from military service. According to his statement, businesses must first obtain the status of a critically important enterprise to qualify for this reservation privilege.

Eligibility Criteria for Critical Status

The mandatory requirements for securing this designation include:

• An average salary level of at least 26,000 hryvnias;
• No outstanding tax debts;
• A third criterion that companies can select on their own.

The compulsory criteria are the average salary level—currently 26,000 hryvnias—and the absence of tax arrears.

- Oleksiy Sobolev

The standards for earning critically important status are defined by a Cabinet of Ministers resolution. For the third criterion, one option is paying over 1.5 million hryvnias in taxes annually, or achieving an annual foreign currency revenue exceeding 32 million euros. These conditions aim to ensure that enterprises operate efficiently while supporting the country’s economic stability.

Introducing these new employee reservation criteria is designed to bolster critically important businesses that play a key role in Ukraine’s economy. This move could help preserve jobs and maintain stability amid ongoing economic uncertainty, which remains a pressing issue today. Companies that meet these requirements will gain access to additional resources to sustain their operations.