Соціальний захист та працевлаштування жителів міста

In the city of Lutsk, 59 thousand people were employed in 2002, and 64 thousand people in 2003. In 2002, 46 thousand pensioners were registered; as of 1 January 2004, 45 thousand pensioners are registered.





As a result of the inspections carried out, a number of enterprises eliminated their wage arrears. In particular, the Hunting and Fishing Enterprise, the Film, Video and Music Enterprise, the Joint Venture LLC "Volyn-Oil", LLC SVP "Staie", and Housing and Communal Enterprise No. 5.

Comprehensive inspections were conducted to verify compliance with labor legislation, occupational safety, and social protection of workers employed in jobs with harmful working conditions at OJSC "Lutsk Footwear Factory" and OJSC "Volynholovpostach," "Lutskvodokanal," and PE "Inzhbudkomplekt."

Based on citizens' appeals, 4 inspections were conducted regarding the correctness of salary calculations for the period of work in the Chornobyl NPP exclusion zone.

On the instructions of the Main Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Regional State Administration, the issue of the state of labor standardization at the Lutsk Electric Transport Enterprise was studied.

In compliance with the order of the regional state administration and the letter of the State Tax Administration in Volyn Oblast, unscheduled inspections of loss-making and low-profit enterprises were carried out.

Monthly monitoring is carried out of the status of repayment of wage arrears, compliance with state guarantees in remuneration, and the level of average wages at enterprises of all forms of ownership, both citywide and by main sectors.

Since the beginning of the year, 272 collective agreements of enterprises of various forms of ownership have been registered, including agreements registered by 34 enterprises based on inspection results. During the notification registration of collective agreements of enterprises, institutions and organizations of the city, attention is focused on the presence in the collective agreement of the manager's obligations regarding timely payment of wages, compliance with minimum social guarantees in remuneration of labor, and social protection of workers in harmful and dangerous working conditions. If an enterprise has wage arrears, the collective agreement is also required to contain a schedule for its repayment. Monthly information on the registration of collective agreements is published in the newspaper "Lutskyi Zamok".

In 2003, the State Expert Examination of Working Conditions of the city carried out 124 inspections regarding the quality of certification of workplaces according to working conditions and the correctness of application of the lists of industries, works, professions, positions and indicators under which preferential pensions are established and additional leaves are granted, including at enterprises:
- state and municipal property - 27;
- collective - 85;
- private - 12.


In order to eliminate deficiencies in the certification of workplaces for working conditions and in granting benefits and compensations to employees for work in unfavorable working conditions identified during inspections, 108 orders and 10 submissions were sent to enterprise managers.

The inspection materials of 6 enterprises whose managers irresponsibly approached the implementation of orders and the conduct of certification were forwarded for appropriate response to the State Committee for Supervision of Labor Protection.

During the reporting period, 11,068 families applied to the Department of Labor and Social Protection for the assignment of state benefits. Of these, 398 families were denied the assignment of benefits.

Pursuant to the Law of Ukraine "On State Assistance to Families with Children," 7,485 benefits have been granted, namely:
- one-time childbirth benefit - 497;
- maternity benefits - 936;
- for childcare until the child reaches 3 years of age - 3051;
- for children under guardianship or custody - 72;
- for children of single mothers - 1172;
- for low-income families with children - 1757.


Benefits were accrued in the amount of 2269,9 thousand UAH. Financing amounted to 2269,9 thousand UAH.

In accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On State Social Assistance to Low-Income Families", benefits were assigned in the department to 2578 families in the amount of 2338,4 thousand UAH. There is no payment arrears.

250 persons receive assistance in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 02.08.2000 No. 1192 "On the Provision of Monthly Cash Assistance to a Low-Income Person Living Together with a Disabled Person of Groups I and II as a Result of a Mental Disorder ...". Assistance was accrued in the amount of 32,9 thousand UAH. There is no payment arrears.

357 persons receive assistance in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On State Social Assistance to Persons with Disabilities since Childhood and Children with Disabilities" in the amount of 429,9 thousand UAH since the beginning of the year. There is no arrears in the payment of assistance.

355 compensation payments have been assigned and are being paid for the care of disabled persons of group 1 or an elderly person over 80 years of age who requires constant outside care.

A registration regulatory and legal database of social assistance recipients has been created and is maintained on the basis of the automated document processing system ASOPD/KOMTEKH.

The Department for Personalized Accounting accepts documents from citizens who enjoy benefits in accordance with the Laws of Ukraine "On the Status of Veterans and Guarantees of Their Social Protection", "On the Basic Principles of Social Protection of Labor Veterans and Other Elderly Citizens in Ukraine" and creates an automated database in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 29.01.2003 No. 117 "On the Unified State Automated Register of Persons Entitled to Benefits".

As of January 1, 2004, the following have been entered into the Unified State Automated Register:
1085 - participants in combat operations;
7153 - participants in the war;
59 - family members of participants in combat operations;
145 - wives (husbands) of deceased participants in combat operations;
229 - wives (husbands) of deceased participants in the war who were recognized as disabled during their lifetime;
280 - wives (husbands) of deceased participants in combat operations who were recognized as disabled during their lifetime;
171 - war-disabled persons of the first group;
479 - war-disabled persons of the second group;
140 - disabled war veterans of the third group;
455 - wives (husbands) of deceased war invalids;
16548 - labor veterans.


Total: 26,747 beneficiaries.

Checks are being carried out regarding the reliability of information on the income and property status of recipients of state social benefits, and to identify needy families requiring material support, as well as checks on the correctness of benefit allocation and the appropriateness of the use of state budget funds.

During the current year, 2,680 families were surveyed.

52 enterprises and organizations that issue certificates for the assignment of benefits were inspected.

During inspections, facts were revealed of recipients of assistance to low-income families purchasing cars, apartments, land plots for construction, expensive household appliances, carrying out home repairs with modern expensive finishing materials, renting out housing, paying for education, long trips abroad, submitting fictitious certificates, etc.

Information and explanatory work is being carried out among the population on the procedure for receiving assistance and benefits.

The ASORV database is constantly being replenished with personal files of victims and participants in the liquidation of categories 1 and 2 (630 people).

Since the beginning of the year, 323 applications for the annual health improvement compensation payment have been accepted.

During this year, applications were accepted from 277 persons affected by the Chernobyl disaster of categories 1, 2 and 3 for the provision of a voucher for sanatorium-resort treatment. Vouchers were provided to 134 citizens.

During the current year, 2,385 pension files and 2,385 personal accounts were checked.

Every month, a check is carried out of the payment of the funeral allowance and the pension not received due to the death of pensioners.

Deductions from a pension shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Articles 90 and 91 of the Law of Ukraine "On Pension Provision".

Pension payments are made to persons residing in residential care homes for the elderly and disabled in accordance with Article 88 of the Law of Ukraine "On Pension Provision."

In 2003, 12 meetings of the commission for establishing the status of a participant in the war were held in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the Status of War Veterans and Guarantees of Their Social Protection."

The commission reviewed 173 applications. The status of a war participant was granted to 137 citizens, and denied to 36 persons.

As of January 1, 2004, 1,621 persons are registered to receive vouchers for sanatorium-resort treatment; in 2003, 180 persons were provided with vouchers, including 76 war veterans.



Compensation payments for solid fuel were made to 18 war veterans in the amount of UAH 1,200. A survey of the material and living conditions of 2,536 persons was conducted. Material assistance was provided from the disabled persons' fund - 409 people in the amount of UAH 27,890; from the state budget - 135 persons in the amount of UAH 6,278; from the regional state administration - 792 persons in the amount of UAH 65,474.

Documents issued on the basis of which benefits are provided:
- certificates "war disabled person" - 93;
- certificates "war participant" - 1,307;
- certificates "family of the deceased" - 205;
- travel passes for discounted travel within the CIS countries - 31;
- travel passes for discounted travel within Ukraine - 457.


A regulatory and legal database is being formed for recipients of disability pensions, and a database for sanatorium-resort treatment is being formed.

30,120 citizen appeals were registered with the Subsidies Department of Lutsk

	Citizen appeals
For the corresponding period in 2002	36867
Housing subsidies granted	28345
Refused in granting subsidies	1775
Subsidies accrued	10480,4
Funded	12096,2
Total debt as of 01.01.2004	12096,2

Average monthly number of families receiving subsidies: 14,878 families

	Families
For the corresponding period in 2002	18913

Average amount of subsidies: UAH 58.7

	UAH
For the corresponding period of 2002	47,59

It has been established that over-accrued subsidies, through the fault of citizens, in 109 cases are subject to repayment to the account of the subsidies department in accordance with current legislation in the amount of UAH 44.8 thousand. UAH 46.9 thousand has been returned to the account of the subsidies department. Amounts of subsidies paid without grounds through the fault of citizens, at the request of the subsidies department in accordance with current legislation, are returned in double the amount to the account of the subsidies department.



In accordance with the requirements of current legislation, taking into account the actual use of housing and utility services measured by metering devices, a final calculation of subsidies was carried out, which made it possible to reduce the department's accounts payable by UAH 46.8 thousand, including: for electricity supply – UAH 32.7 thousand, heat supply – UAH 4.1 thousand, water supply – UAH 10.0 thousand.

Citizens' registration is monitored monthly based on passport office data. If there are changes in the number of residents, the provision of subsidies is terminated starting from the month in which the changes are detected. Following citizens' personal applications, subsidies were recalculated taking into account changes in 203 cases.

Calculations of subsidies for residents of dormitories and departmental housing are being carried out for 25 organizations. A database of subsidy users living in dormitories and the departmental housing stock has been formed in the "Our Home" software complex for 586 citizen applications. Subsidies for liquefied gas and solid fuel have been calculated in 46 cases, of which subsidies were assigned in 43 cases totaling UAH 12.1 thousand; subsidies for solid fuel and liquefied gas were paid in cash in 18 cases totaling UAH 5.6 thousand, including for the previous year in 1 case totaling UAH 0.4 thousand; arrears as of 01.01.2004 amount to UAH 6.9 thousand.

In 2003, 1,688 cases were prepared and considered by the city executive committee commission for the preferential granting of housing subsidies; permission for granting was given in 1,602 cases, and 86 were refused. 1,693 reports on inspections of citizens’ material and living conditions were carried out. The decision on granting (not granting) a subsidy is made on the basis of a report on the inspection of the family’s material and living conditions.

Programs for the assignment and recalculation of subsidies are constantly being improved and changed in accordance with current legislation. Department employees provide consultations to city residents and explanations on the assignment of housing subsidies using notice boards at housing and communal services and when accepting documents. The department has a permanent hotline – tel. 23731.

In search of work, 15,000 people applied to the state employment service. Implementing new forms of work with public organizations, enterprises, city authorities, and employment service employees, 7,725 people were employed. Work on youth employment has been intensified. During 2003, 3,390 young people found jobs with the assistance of the employment service, accounting for 44% of all employed persons.

In accordance with current legislation, the state provides certain categories of the population with additional employment guarantees through job reservation. By decision of the city executive committee No. 463 dated November 28, 2002, 1,200 jobs were reserved for 2003 at enterprises and organizations in the city for the employment of socially unprotected categories of citizens, and accordingly 1,200 people were employed. These are mostly women with minor children; young people who are being provided with their first job.

Thanks to vocational training, unemployed people are able to increase their competitiveness, while the city employment service can respond promptly to employers’ need to fill vacant jobs. In 2003, the Program’s target was fulfilled by 100%, which is 1.4 times more than last year. Training was provided in more than 90 specialties.

Work was successfully carried out to guide the population toward entrepreneurial activity through financial support received from a one-time unemployment benefit payment. In 2003, 503 unemployed people started their own business, which is 1.8 times more than in the previous year.

To ensure temporary employment during the reporting period, paid public works were organized on the basis of 307 concluded contracts for 2,163 jobs. A total of 2,065 people took part in these works, including 1,655 women, 535 young people under 28 years of age, etc.

To ensure the effective operation of the employment service and improve the culture of customer service, the Unified Technology for Serving the Unemployed Population has been introduced. Since November 1, the employment service of the city of Lutsk has been operating in the Unified Information-Analytical Computer System.