Salary compensation to mobilized servicemen

On 04 March 2015 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine through the adoption of the Resolution No. 105 approved the Procedure for payment of compensations of the average salary to mobilized servicemen from the state budget to entities, institutions and organisations.

According to the Procedure, the average salary is paid by the entity, which gets compensation from the departments of the Ministry of Social Policy.

The procedure for submission of documents on the basis of which the entity is compensated and the procedure for calculation of the average salary of employees shall be carried out in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 100 dated 8 February 1995.

On 18 March 2015 the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law on improvement of social security of demobilized servicemen.

The Law provides that the workplace is reserved for a mobilized serviceman for a period of 18 months (previously 12 months). Also, the Law stipulates that servicemen after demobilization are entitled to annual vacation or monetary compensation for all unused days of annual vacation.