Cabinet to launch tool to maintain connection between business and employees during recovery from shelling
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution to launch the "Tochka Opory" (Point of Support) programβa tool that will allow enterprises affected by Russian aggression to maintain labor relations with personnel during forced breaks in operation.
As reported by the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, the program is aimed at businesses currently in a state of downtime or where labor contracts have been suspended due to critical destruction resulting from shelling.
"For the employee, this means maintaining a connection with the workplace. For the employer, it is an opportunity to retain the team, without which it is impossible to quickly restart production, services, or other economic activities," according to a publication on the agencyβs website on Thursday.
The ministry explained that the mechanism provides for compensation of part of an employeeβs salary in an amount not exceeding two minimum wages, as well as reimbursement of the unified social contribution (USC) to the employer. The employee will also be able to receive compensation for the unified social contribution for mandatory state social insurance calculated on the amount of this payment.
"Tochka Opory is a solution for enterprises that must undergo a recovery period without losing people. It is fundamentally important for us to preserve human capital where business has suffered from the war but has the opportunity to resume operations," the ministry quoted Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture Oleksiy Sobolev as saying.
The document also provides for the possibility of involving employees, with their consent, in socially useful works with appropriate pay for the period until the enterprise returns to full activity. Employers will be able to apply for assistance through the Diia portal. The government has mandated the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Digital Transformation to provide the technical capability for this within two months.
As Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko reported on Wednesday, April 1, the government continues to reboot employment policy. Previously, the draft of a new Labor Code was approved, and on Wednesday, the government approved the launch of a mechanism for the remote termination of labor relations via Diia for residents of occupied territories, allowing citizens to officially find employment at new workplaces.
