The state has already compensated employers for UAH 108 million for the employment of more than 10 thousand internally displaced persons. This was reported by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine. 

“Due to hostilities, millions of Ukrainians were forced to move to safer regions of the country and most of them lost their jobs. We help them get a job in a new place. In particular, the Government has launched several employment incentive programs, including compensation to employers hiring internally displaced persons. To date, over 6.6 thousand entrepreneurs have employed internally displaced Ukrainians and will receive appropriate compensation from the state. UAH 108 million have already been paid for the employment of more than 10 thousand IDPs,” Yuliia Svyrydenko said.

We remind you that since April, the Government has introduced a program to encourage businesses to employ internally displaced persons in order to speed up their adaptation and increase the employment rate among the population. For each employed internally displaced person, the state pays the entrepreneur compensation of UAH 6,500 within 2 months.

According to the terms of the program, compensation for the employment of an IDP is provided to the employer who has hired such a person with a wage no less than the minimum one (UAH 6,500), is registered as a payer of a single contribution to the mandatory state social insurance, and has submitted tax reporting for Q4, 2021 or for the whole 2021 and is not a non-profit organization. 

In order to receive the funds, an employer must enter into an employment contract with an internally displaced person and register their data on the Diia Portal. After 5 days, the entrepreneur needs to submit an application for compensation together with documents confirming the payment of wages and deductions.