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The Ministry of Economy has prepared amendments to Resolution No.76. This resolution regulates the process of reserving employees during martial law.
What the government proposed to change in the reservation rules
Minister of Economy Oleksandr Kravchenko circulated the draft to central executive authorities as early as 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 Tuesday evening, 13 October, the government adopted a resolution on changes to reservations, but with a 5-day revision period.
The initial draft of the document provided for the cancellation of a 100% quota for reserving employees of a number of critically important industries, including the fuel and energy sector and other companies that ensure the uninterrupted operation of the energy and gas transmission systems.
It was also proposed to reduce the share of conscription-age employees that enterprises could reserve — 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 reserve.
Note! As of today, the quota of reserved employees is determined from the total number of all conscription-age employees.
A provision returned to the government resolution that had already been proposed in the summer — the creation of a Coordination Center for organizing the reservation of conscription-age employees. This refers to an advisory body of the Cabinet that would effectively approve the criteria for enterprise criticality. Currently, such approval is 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., one that would be able to reserve employees),
– the article explained.
Moreover, according to the initial plan, the authorities that define the criteria of criticality would need to update them by 20 October and agree them with the center.
How Ukraine reacted to the new reservation rules
Business representatives criticized the first draft of the changes. The day before, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak circulated them.
For example, the European Business Association reminded that the previous review of the criticality criteria was completed only one and a half months ago.
The National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industry called to abandon the "harmful" provision to reduce the quota of reserved employees in the defense industry from 100% to 85%.
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 Employers' Federation, in particular, urged the government to change the direction of seeking mobilization resources: from the "white" (formal) business to informal employment.
Attention! Most of the debates will focus on the size of the reservation quota for energy, municipal, and defense enterprises.
One compromise option proposed preserving a 100-percent reservation only for those conscription-age employees who are directly involved in repairing and maintaining energy infrastructure, heating networks, water supply systems, as well as weapons production. "For the auxiliary staff of such companies it was proposed to extend the quotas,
– an EP source said.
As of the evening of 13 October, the provision on not counting persons with deferrals when determining the reservation quota was removed.
But many provisions remain undefined. For example, regarding the review of the criticality criteria, since in the initial draft of the resolution it was to take place by 20 October.
Also unknown is the fate of companies that confirmed criticality during the summer changes.
Recall that business is not yet assessing specific provisions on mobilization reservations, because the document has not yet been officially published. But possible restrictions are already causing concern in the business community.
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