{"id":589629,"date":"2026-05-23T13:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/05\/589629\/thousands-of-employees-may-lose-their-exemptions-the-cabinet-tightens-rules-for-critical-enterprises\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:19:18","slug":"thousands-of-employees-may-lose-their-exemptions-the-cabinet-tightens-rules-for-critical-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/05\/589629\/thousands-of-employees-may-lose-their-exemptions-the-cabinet-tightens-rules-for-critical-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of employees may lose their exemptions: the Cabinet tightens rules for critical enterprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine<\/strong> adopted a resolution that changes the approach to reserving conscription-liable employees at enterprises, institutions and organizations that have the status of critically important during martial law. This was reported on 22 May <\/strong>2026 by the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine<\/a> .<\/strong><\/p>\n

The update to the rules was also described by the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, Oleksii Soboliev<\/strong>, during the national telemarathon. According to him, the changes apply specifically to those enterprises that are recognized as critically important for the economy and the state during wartime.<\/p>\n

One of the main innovations \u2014 raising the minimum salary level for employees that enterprises want to reserve. The salary threshold is planned to be increased to 26,000 hryvnias<\/strong>. For enterprises in frontline regions the requirement will remain lower \u2014 not less than 21,600 hryvnias<\/strong>. Another change concerns employees who hold multiple jobs. If a person already has a deferment from mobilization, they should be counted in the reservation quota only once<\/strong> \u2014 at their primary place of employment. Previously such employees could appear on the lists of several enterprises at once, even if they worked there part-time.<\/p>\n

The new rule regarding accounting for reserved employees is expected to come into force around mid-June 2026<\/strong>. Its goal \u2014 to remove situations when the same person effectively \u201coccupies\u201d a reservation spot at several enterprises at the same time.<\/p>\n

In addition, central and regional authorities must, within a month<\/strong>, review their own criteria by which enterprises are granted the status of critically important. The updated requirements must be agreed with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine<\/strong> and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine<\/strong>. The government explains that the changes are intended to make the reservation mechanism more precise: so that deferments are granted to those employees and enterprises that truly provide the critical needs of the state, defense, security and the livelihood of the population.<\/p>\n

For business this means additional checks. The very status of a critically important enterprise will no longer be a sufficient argument without compliance with the new criteria, in particular regarding the level of pay. For frontline regions, where businesses operate under constant risks of war, the government retains a separate, lower salary threshold. At the same time, in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine<\/strong> draft laws are being considered to strengthen liability for illegal actions by employees of TRCs (territorial recruitment centers)<\/strong>, as well as for members of military-medical commissions who issue knowingly false conclusions about fitness for service.<\/p>\n

Against the backdrop of the war, the issue of reservations remains one of the most sensitive: on the one hand, the state must maintain the operation of critical enterprises, on the other \u2014 prevent deferments from becoming a convenient mechanism for abuse.<\/p>\n

Previously we wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n