From April 1, the minimum wage increased to UAH 8,000.
This is the second stage of the increase provided for by the law “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2024”. However, it will not only be the growth of the private sector.
From January 1, 2024, the minimum salary increased from UAH 6,700 to UAH 7,100.
“The recalculation of pensions for working pensioners will start in April. It will be carried out after the State Register of Mandatory State Social Insurance receives information about the payment of social insurance for the 1st quarter of 2024. Working pensioners who will be recalculated will receive an already increased pension in June pension and additional payment of the difference for April-May”, – reported Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danylo Hetmantsev.
From April 1, those engaged in community service work will be able to count on a payment of up to 12,000 hryvnias, provided they work for a full month. The amount of partial unemployment benefits will increase, but up to UAH 4,000.
From April 1, the amount of compensation payments to employers for the employment of certain categories of citizens will also increase:
– people with disabilities, participants in hostilities, those who have no more than 5 years left before the right to pension due to age, and citizens who have been registered unemployed for more than 1 month – up to UAH 8,000;
– young people from among the registered unemployed (under the age of 25 – with less than 12 months of insurance experience; under the age of 35 – for the first job; those released from fixed-term military / alternative service – for the first job) – up to 4 thousand. UAH;
– citizens who have been unemployed for more than 1 month and have additional guarantees of employment, or those who have been unemployed for more than 6 months – up to UAH 3,520;
– internally displaced persons during martial law – up to UAH 8,000.
Reimbursement of the employer’s expenses for the wages of IDPs employed on the referral of employment centers will increase to UAH 16,000.
