Number of applicants per vacancy (comparison)
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Passenger traffic on the border with Poland in both directions has increased by 8 thousand people in recent days due to the approaching Easter holidays, in this regard, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports about queues at checkpoints “Krakivets” and “Shegini” and recommends to use other border crossings.
“For crossing the border by cars and buses travelers most often choose checkpoints “Krakovets” and “Shegini”. Therefore, in front of these checkpoints there is an accumulation of traffic. At the same time, border guards periodically record queues also at the entrance to Ukraine,” – reported in the telegram channel of the State Border Service on Tuesday.
According to the border department, the least dynamics of traffic is observed at the checkpoints “Smolnitsa”, “Grushev”, “Rava-Ruska” and “Ugrini”. “In order to reduce the waiting time in queues we recommend citizens to choose these checkpoints to cross the border,” – stated in the message. This year’s Catholic Easter will be on March 31.
Border Guard Service of Ukraine, EASTER, Krakivets, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, POLAND, Шегини
Four EU countries – Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Estonia – propose to Brussels to ban the import of waste and scrap ferrous metals, copper and aluminum from Russia.
Such a proposal was presented at a meeting of the European Union Environment Council held on March 25, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry said.
“Lithuania proposes that the European Commission assess all possibilities at EU level and make a proposal to suspend waste imports from Russia to the EU or allow Member States to adopt unilateral restrictive measures. We believe that such imports contribute to financing Russia’s war against Ukraine and should be stopped,” Lithuania’s deputy permanent representative to the EU, Ambassador Jurga Kasputene, said at the council meeting.
According to the Environment Ministry, more than 118 million euros worth of waste and scrap ferrous metals, copper and aluminum were imported from Russia to the EU in 2022-2023. Most of these imports go through Lithuania.
According to the ministry, cross-border transportation of waste is regulated by the Basel Convention and the Waste Transportation Regulation, so individual member states cannot unilaterally ban or restrict such imports.
ALUMINUM, BRUSSELS, COPPER, FERROUS METAL, IMPORTS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SCRAP
Starting April 1, 2024, according to the Law “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2024”, the minimum wage in Ukraine will increase to UAH 8 thousand. This will change the amount of certain employment-related payments, the amount of which is aligned with the minimum wage.
In particular, the maximum amount of compensation to employers will increase.
Thus, the amount of compensation for the employment of citizens who have been registered as unemployed for more than 1 month (people with disabilities, combatants and those who have no more than 5 years left before the right to an old-age pension) will now amount to UAH 8 thousand (1 minimum wage).
Compensation for the employment of young people among the registered unemployed (under 25 years of age – with less than 12 months of insurance experience; under 35 years of age – for the first job; discharged from military / alternative service – for the first job) will increase to UAH 4 thousand (50 percent of the minimum wage).
The compensation for employment of citizens who have been registered as unemployed for more than 1 month and have additional employment guarantees or have been registered for more than 6 months will increase to UAH 3,520 (double the minimum insurance premium, which is 22 percent of the minimum wage).
Compensation for the employment of internally displaced persons during martial law will amount to UAH 8 thousand (1 minimum wage) starting from April 1, 2024. At the same time, the compensation of employer’s expenses for labor remuneration of IDPs hired by the employment centers will increase to UAH 16 thousand (2 minimum wages).
The amount of partial unemployment benefits per employee or individual entrepreneur will also increase to UAH 4 thousand (50% of the minimum wage).
The maximum amount of remuneration for participation in public works will also increase and from April 1 will amount to UAH 12 thousand per month (1.5 times the minimum wage).
For reference: Since the beginning of 2024, 295 employers in the capital have used the compensation programs of the Kyiv SLC and received payments in the amount of over UAH 7 million.
compensation to employers, LAW, minimum wage, State Budget of Ukraine, WAGES
Number of vacancies as of 01.12.2023 (thousand units) according to data of state employment center
Source: Open4Business.com.ua and experts.news
Efarm Pro and “Kobzarenko Plant” LLC presented a demining machine “People’s deminer”, which has already passed the first successful tests at a military training ground and is now at the certification stage, First Deputy Prime Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko said.
“Efarm Pro and Kobzarenko Plant LLC, which are participants of our innovation bootcamp, presented the “People’s deminer”. It has already passed the first successful tests at a military training ground. The machine is currently undergoing certification,” she wrote on Facebook.
According to her information, the system implies automatic work on large areas with an accuracy of up to 2 centimeters along a given route. The prototype was developed on the basis of the Ukrainian tractor T-156, but it was fully modernized. The machine can be controlled remotely.
“This is another step towards the safety of both our people and our lands,” Sviridenko summarized.
Kobzarenko Plant was founded in 1993 as a Ukrainian-German enterprise “Fligel” (renamed to “Kobzarenko Plant” in 2008). The company started its activity with the production of wheelbarrows and carts for homesteading. Currently it is the leading Ukrainian manufacturer of tractor trailers, hoppers, tankers, fertilizer spreaders, etc. As of 2018, the plant employed 700 workers.
It has two production workshops and warehouse complexes in Sumy region, as well as a plant in Poland Kobzarenko Sp. z.o.o., which manufactures machinery and works as a service center for start-up, maintenance, debugging of machinery in Europe and Poland.
Efarm pro brand belongs to Gardarika Tres LLC (Gardarika Tres LLC) – manufacturer and distributor of agro-equipment. It specializes in the production and sale of precision farming systems. Registered in 2014 in Kiev, has a production site in Sumy region.
Demining Machine, Efarm Pro, Kobzarenko Plant, Yulia Sviridenko
