State Employment Service from January 1, 2025. established maximum unemployment assistance in the amount of 8 thousand. UAH and increased compensation to employers for arranging workplaces for people with disabilities. This was reported by the NHS.

“From January 1, 2025, the amounts of some payments and compensations administered by the State Employment Service have been revised,” the statement says..

The changes are related to the minimum wage established on January 1, 2025, which is now equal to UAH 8,000.

Therefore, the maximum unemployment assistance from January 1, 2025 will be UAH 8,000.

Compensation to employers for arranging workplaces for people with disabilities has also been increased - for people of group I - up to UAH 120,000 (15 minimum wages); for persons of group II – up to 80,000 UAH (10 minimum wages).

The Employment Service also reported that by the end of 2024, thanks to the compensation program, 2 thousand were employed. people with disabilities of groups I and II. The amount of compensation to employers amounted to 130 million. UAH.

Let us remind you that the amount of payments for internally displaced persons is 2 thousand hryvnia per month for an adult and 3 thousand hryvnia for a child or person with a disability.

Focus also wrote that if a person does not meet the criteria for which assistance is provided, it may be canceled, and the money already paid may be required to be returned to the state.