Today, January 1, entered into force a new rule of decision of the Cabinet №409 dated 6 August 2014 “On establishment of state social standards in the sphere of housing and communal services”. In particular, reduced social norms on electricity, and this automatically means that the recipients of subsidies and benefits would have to pay for the service more if there’s excess. New social norms of electricity from 1 January 2018: – in residential areas (houses), except for those specified […]

Today, January 1, comes into force the norm of the new law “About education” regarding the salary increase of teachers. So in 2018 we should expect increases in minimum wages lower qualification categories to the level of the four living wages, that is, to 6.8 thousand UAH (1,7 thousand UAH multiplied by 4). See also: Why, why, and when back: teacher of the year openly talked about his move to London The law, however, registered a more significant increase – […]

Today, January 1, in Ukraine officially started the monetization of subsidies. However, so far only at the level of enterprises-providers of services – they will get money from the state. The corresponding decision of the Cabinet adopted two months ago, on 8 November. “Monetization of subsidies involves a number of innovations in the payments for subsidy: the calculation directly from the Treasury without any protocols; precise timing of the calculations for subsidies (up to 24); independent selection of executors of […]

Monday, January 1, in Ukraine increased pensions to retirees and other security forces. However, the relevant law is still not adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. The government assured that the law on increase of pensions retroactively accept later. Pensions will be modernize for each retiree individually, depending on the length and size allowance. “If we talk about an average increase, it will be 1.5 thousand hryvnia,” – said earlier the Minister of social policy Andrei Reva. Military pensions will grow […]