More than 34 thousand wage arrears were registered as of August 6, 2024, according to the Ministry of Justice. Almost 2 thousand companies turned out to be debtors. The largest number of such businesses is in Sumy region, and the smallest – in Chernivtsi region. Debts decreased at the beginning of the full-scale campaign, but this year more new proceedings have been opened than in the whole of 2023.
The largest number of proceedings on wage arrears was registered in 2021 – 6.3 thousand. After the start of the full-scale invasion, new proceedings decreased by 29%. Last year, their number began to grow: +6.6% per year. This year, companies have already owed their employees 7.1% more than in the whole of last year.
1,872 companies that owe salaries to employees. Most of these employers were found in Sumy region – 5.6 thousand proceedings or 16.4% of the total. Kyiv follows with 3.4 thousand wage arrears (9.8%). Dnipropetrovs’k region rounds out the top three – 2.2 thousand or 6.6%.
It is worth noting that in almost 3 thousand proceedings, the region is not identified.
Among the organizational and legal forms, the largest debtors are state-owned enterprises and joint-stock companies – more than 11 thousand and 9 thousand proceedings, or 33.8% and 28.8% of all debts, respectively. LLCs are in third place – 4.9 thousand or 14.2%. Subsidiaries and municipal enterprises account for 12.5% and 4.3% of all debts.
It is worth noting that various subsidiaries of Oblavtodor account for 9.7% of the total number of wage arrears: 3.3 thousand proceedings. Only the Sumy Machine-Building Research and Production Association owes its employees more money – 4,071 proceedings or 11.8% of the total.
The most persistent debtors among Ukrainian companies are:
– Sumy Machine-Building Research and Production Association – 4,071 proceedings
– Poltava Oblavtodor – 1079 proceedings
– Nizhyn Engineering Armament Repair Plant – 1038 proceedings
– Sumy Machine-Building Research and Production Association – engineering – 892 proceedings
– Energostal – 876 proceedings
– Zaporizhtsivilproekt – 610 proceedings
– Rivne Automobile Repair Plant – 508 proceedings
