The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday adopted as a whole the Law "On Providing Young People with Their First Job." 341 people's deputies voted for the adoption of the Law, a proUA correspondent reports.
In accordance with the adopted Law, providing young people with their first job is carried out by the state employment service. In addition, the Law provides that a subsidy is granted to an employer in the case of hiring, upon referral from the state employment service, young people who are being provided with their first job in their acquired specialty for a term of 2 years and provided that the employer has not had staff reductions in that specialty during the last 6 months. The granting of the subsidy to the employer is carried out within the limits of allocations from the state budget provided for these purposes, and from the funds of the Fund for Statewide Social Insurance against Unemployment. The employer to whom the subsidy is granted is obliged to ensure employment guarantees for the hired persons and not to terminate the employment contract with them due to staff reduction before the expiration of 2 years. The subsidy is granted monthly for one year. At the same time, supervision over the implementation of the Law "On Providing Young People with Their First Job" is carried out by a specially authorized executive body in the field of labor and social policy.