The State Employment Center named the number of officially registered unemployed in Ukraine - 156 thousand. Elena Melnyk, Deputy Director of the Department for the Implementation of Employment Policy, spoke about this.

“Today, 156,000 people are officially registered in the service as unemployed.. citizens. The largest number of applicants and those registered are women - 71%. Regarding the regional distribution, the most calls are recorded in Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, followed by Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy, ”she said.

According to her, out of 26 thousand. vacancies that are currently relevant in the employment service, the main part - for skilled workers who own a certain tool of labor.

There are also offers in the field of trade and services, and there are a large number of vacancies for those who know how to maintain and repair cars or tools.

Unemployment benefit.

From January 1, 2023, the maximum unemployment benefit is UAH 6,700, and the minimum amount will be UAH 1,000.

The minimum amount of benefits will be able to receive insured persons who, within 12 months prior to registration at the employment center, have an insurance period of less than seven months.

The duration of the payment of unemployment benefits cannot exceed 90 calendar days.

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Regarding persons of pre-retirement age (one year before reaching the appropriate age and if there is an insurance period necessary for assigning a pension by age), the duration of payment cannot exceed 360 calendar days.