A new approach to bookings: what Decree No. 692 changes

The Cabinet of Ministers has officially launched a review of enterprises that have critical infrastructure status and are permitted to retain employees subject to military service.

Resolution No. 692 stipulates that existing decisions regarding the critical importance of enterprises, institutions and organisations will remain in force for the period for which they were adopted, but no longer than until 1 September 2026.

State bodies and military administrations must review the criteria used to designate enterprises as critical by 10 June.

By 1 July, they must verify that enterprises meet the updated criteria, and by 1 September, they must review decisions on critical importance that have already been adopted.

If the criterion on the basis of which an enterprise was granted the status of being important to the industry or community is removed, its critical importance status must be revoked.

What is changing in salary requirements

Decree No. 692 raises the salary threshold for some of the employees who are being retained.

For them, the requirement rises from 2.5 to 3 times the minimum wage. In monetary terms, this amounts to 25,941 UAH.

For critically important enterprises that are actually operating in areas of potential or active hostilities or in temporarily occupied territories, a lower threshold has been retained – no less than 2.5 times the minimum wage, i.e. 21,618 UAH.

When can the status of a critical enterprise be revoked

The resolution also sets out the grounds for revoking the status of a critical enterprise.

One such ground is exceeding the limit on reserved employees.

If an enterprise has exceeded this limit, it must submit an application to cancel the reservation via Diya within 10 working days.

What this means for businesses

Enterprises that already have critical enterprise status will need to confirm their compliance with the updated criteria.

In effect, previously approved decisions on criticality must be reviewed by 1 September.

At the same time, Resolution No. 692 does not mean the automatic cancellation of reservations for all enterprises. It establishes new deadlines, a review procedure and the conditions under which critical importance status may be reviewed or revoked.

As reported by ThePublic, the government plans to change the rules for reserving employees

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