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‼️ The government announced the final changes to mobilization exemptions
The Government of Ukraine 23 October finalized changes to the system for exempting employees liable for military service.
The maximum level will no longer be 100%, and full exemption will appear only for enterprises that fulfill a mobilization obligation.
This was reported by Prime Minister Koretskyi.
What exactly is changing:
An enterprise's critical status will be separated from economic indicators. Critical sectors should be those that actually work for defense and the economy: defense-industrial complex, energy, communications, logistics, utilities, and others. For them, according to the prime minister, nothing will change, and sectoral and regional criteria for criticality will be updated and checked for abuse.
The maximum will no longer be 100%. Koretskyi said that the maximum exemption level, including for energy and the defense-industrial complex, will no longer be 100%. Unconditional full exemption, he said, is unfair to those who serve and opens the door to abuse: there were companies created specifically to obtain exemptions, and it became a business. At the same time, he assured, we will not weaken the work of those who produce weapons or maintain critical infrastructure: if uninterrupted operation requires exempting more people, the enterprise will be able to submit a substantiated request to the Coordination Center.
Responsibility for evasion. The Ministry of Defense is strengthening penalties for evading service. The rules, Koretskyi emphasized, must be the same for everyone.
100% exemption on condition of a mobilization obligation. The government is preparing a mechanism under which an enterprise will be able to fully exempt employees if it regularly and voluntarily attracts some of them to military service.
"It is fundamental that a person knows where they are going and for how long. Their job and salary are preserved for them," Koretskyi said.
The conditions will be worked out by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy together with business. The government's goal is to approve a transparent and effective mechanism by 1 December.
According to the prime minister, this will give confidence to those at the front that rotation is possible, and to those who go to serve that they are going for a clearly defined term.
"The ultimate goal is that no one has to look for anyone on the streets. There must be a clear system where everyone knows their rights and responsibilities," Koretskyi said.
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