Unemployment benefits for the insured to be increased from January 1, 2018

The unemployment benefit for insured persons in Ukraine will total UAH 1,440 from January 1, 2018.

The relevant decision was approved at a meeting of the Compulsory State Social Insurance Fund, the press service of the State Employment Service reports.

“The decision was approved to increase the minimum unemployment benefit for the insured to UAH 1,440 starting from January 1, 2018. Now the minimum unemployment benefit for the insured amounts to UAH 1,280, and for the non-insured – UAH 544,” reads a report.

Also, the Board of the Fund approved a development strategy for the Staff Training Institute of the State Employment Service of Ukraine until 2020.

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