Draft bill #10261 of November 14, 2023
Cosponsors: a group of 26 MPs from factions Servant of the People, Batkivshchyna, and European Solidarity, groups For the Future and Trust, and independent MPs, with Serhii Labaziuk as the first signatory
Status: sent for review to the Parliamentary Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans’ Rights
Who is affected: veterans, enterprises, institutions, organizations, private individuals who use hired labor, Pension Fund, Ukrainian Veterans Foundation, and State Labor Service of Ukraine
Summary:
- according to the proposed rate of jobs for the employment of veterans, 2 percent of the average number of employees will have to be veterans. If the number of employees ranges from 8 to 25 people, at least one job will have to be reserved for a veteran
- the Pension Fund will send information about employed veterans and the jobs created for them to the Veterans Foundation
- the State Labor Service will check enterprises, institutions, and private individuals who use hired labor for compliance with the requirements of employment of veterans
- the Veterans Foundation will annually search for employers who did not meet the requirements and will send them fine calculations for non-compliance with the law.
What is right:
- reintegration of war veterans
- opportunity for employers to strengthen their teams.
What is wrong: no mechanisms for effective adaptation of veterans are proposed — no training, seminars, co-working spaces, etc.
Additional information: with the support of the Veterans’ Reintegration Program, a handbook Employment of Veterans on the interaction of employers with veterans at each stage of employment has been published.