The State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Ukraine’s Infrastructure has announced an update to the criteria used to identify enterprises, institutions, and organizations that are critical to the functioning of the national economy and to ensuring the livelihoods of the population during a special period.

These changes are intended to streamline the process of reserving employees subject to military service and ensure the uninterrupted operation of companies directly involved in the country’s reconstruction, the protection of critical infrastructure, and the response to the consequences of armed aggression.

Effective September 1, for employees subject to military service whom an employer includes on the relevant lists—and who previously had to be paid a salary of at least 2.5 times the minimum wage—this multiplier is set at 3 (25,941 UAH).

Employers must not only monitor compliance with the reservation percentage but are also required to cancel such reservations within 10 business days of exceeding the limit on the number of reserved employees.

At the same time, enterprises whose registered office and place of business are located in areas of potential hostilities, areas of active hostilities, or territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation—and which are included in the list of territories where (were conducted) hostilities or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, as approved by the Ministry of Development, and for which no date has been set for the cessation of potential hostilities, the end of hostilities, or the end of temporary occupation, must comply with the wage requirements using a multiplier of 2.5.