President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Law "

The head of state initiated this law in order to improve the quality of life of citizens by increasing the income of the working population..

The document provides for an increase in the minimum wage and its establishment from September 1 of this year at the level of 5 thousand. UAH per month.

Taking into account the growth of the minimum wage, the Cabinet of Ministers on August 26 made a decision to increase from September 1 of this year the size of the official salary (tariff rate) of an employee of the 1st tariff category of the Unified tariff scale of categories and coefficients for remuneration of workers in the public sector to UAH 2,225.

Additional costs for labor remuneration due to the increase in the minimum wage and the official salary of an employee of the 1st tariff category of the UTS were provided due to savings in budgetary costs provided in the budget for servicing the public debt.

The President of Ukraine said that raising the minimum wage from September 2020 is only the first stage. As expected, the second stage will be an increase from next year to 6 thousand. UAH, and during 2021 the minimum wage will increase to 6.5 thousand. hryvnias.

" With the increase in the minimum wage, the incomes of public sector employees will also increase: teachers, educators, social workers, since their salaries are calculated according to a unified tariff scale, as well as doctors, "

Inf. Official site of the President of Ukraine.