The government introduced a program to encourage businesses to hire internally displaced people in April 2022.
Since the beginning of 2023, the state has paid UAH 126 million as compensation to entrepreneurs who hired internally displaced people. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Tatyana Berezhnaya, the press service of the ministry writes.
“Almost 6,000 entrepreneurs have received compensation from the government since the beginning of the year for the employment of 10,300 Ukrainians who were forced to move from dangerous regions of the country. In total, employers this year have already received UAH 126 million as compensation for the employment of IDPs,” Berezhnaya said.
The government introduced a program to encourage entrepreneurs to hire internally displaced persons in April 2022. For each employed IDP, the state pays the employer compensation in the amount of the minimum wage (UAH 6,700) within 2 months.
By 2022, more than 10,000 entrepreneurs have taken advantage of the program. They received compensation from the state totaling UAH 200 million for the employment of nearly 18,000 internally displaced people.
Earlier it was reported that the Recovery Army got UAH 305 million.
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Source: korrespondent
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