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The Ministry of Economy has prepared changes to Resolution No.76. This very resolution regulates the process of exempting employees from mobilization during martial law.
What the government proposed to change in the exemption rules
Minister of Economy Oleksandr Kravchenko sent the draft to central executive authorities back on 8 October, but "the document was updated by 90%", EP reports citing its own sources.
The final version of the adopted changes will be announced no earlier than 18 October.
On the evening of Tuesday, 13 October, the government adopted a resolution on changes to exemptions, but with a 5-day revision period.
The initial draft of the document envisaged canceling the 100% quota for exempting employees of a number of critically important sectors, including the fuel and energy sector and other companies that ensure the uninterrupted functioning of the energy and gas transport systems.
It was also planned to reduce the share of mobilization-eligible employees that enterprises could exempt — from 100% to 85%.
For utilities sector enterprises, they wanted to reduce the quota from 75% to 60%.
And critically important enterprises must calculate the quota of employees they can exempt.
Note! As of today, the quota of exempted employees is determined from the total number of all mobilization-eligible employees.
A provision has returned to the government resolution that they already tried to adopt in the summer — the creation of a Coordination Center for organizing exemptions of mobilization-eligible persons. This refers to an advisory body of the Cabinet that would effectively approve the criteria for enterprise criticality. Currently, such approvals are handled by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy.
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If established, the Coordination Center would approve not only the criteria of criticality for enterprises but would also have the final say in designating any enterprise as critically important (i.e., able to exempt employees),
– the article explained.
Moreover, according to the initial plan, the authorities that define the criteria of criticality must update them by 20 October and agree them with the center.
How Ukraine reacted to the new exemption rules
Business representatives criticized the first version of the changes. The day before, they were circulated by Member of Parliament Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
For example, the European Business Association reminded that the previous review of criticality criteria was completed only a month and a half ago.
The National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industry called to abandon the "harmful" provision to reduce the quota of exempted personnel in the defense industry from 100% to 85% of employees.
The Union of Ukrainian Enterprises appealed to the government for explanations regarding possible changes and stated that business representatives were not involved in their discussion.
The Federation of Employers, in particular, urged the government to change the direction of searching for mobilization resources: from "white" business toward undeclared employment.
Attention! The most debate will focus on the size of the exemption quota for energy, utility, and defense enterprises.
One of the compromise options proposed preserving 100-percent exemptions only for those mobilization-eligible employees who are directly involved in the repair and maintenance of energy infrastructure, heating networks, water supply systems, as well as weapons production. "It was proposed to apply quotas to the auxiliary staff of such companies,
– the EP source said.
As of the evening of 13 October, the provision on excluding persons with deferments from the quota calculation was removed.
But many provisions remain undefined. For example, regarding the review of criticality criteria, since in the initial draft of the resolution it was supposed to take place by 20 October.
The fate of companies that confirmed their criticality during the summer changes also remains unknown.
Remember that business is not yet assessing the specific provisions on exemptions from mobilization because the document has not been officially published. But the possible restrictions are already causing concern in the business community.
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