The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the conditions for reimbursing employers’ costs for equipping workplaces for people with disabilities. This enables the State Employment Service, which has been implementing the programme since 2023, to expand support for businesses that create inclusive working conditions.
From now on, employers who hire employees with a Group III disability can receive compensation for equipping adapted workplaces. The maximum payment for this category is five minimum wages, that is UAH 43,200.
The programme has also been extended to young people with disabilities under the age of 35 who do not have an insurance record and are taking up employment for the first time or are setting up their own workplace for entrepreneurial activity.
The amounts of compensation for employers who equip workplaces for persons with Group I and Group II disabilities remain unchanged: for Group I – 15 minimum wages (UAH 130,000), for Group II – 10 minimum wages (UAH 86,500). In all cases, the need to adapt the workplace must be confirmed by a medical report.
The procedure for purchasing equipment under the programme has been regulated separately. Expenditure on mobile phones may not exceed 10% of the maximum compensation amount, and on computer equipment – 20%. Support is provided only for new equipment purchased after an employment contract has been concluded with the employee.
A preliminary inspection of the adapted workplace is envisaged – offline or online – and additional safeguards have been introduced to ensure the targeted and efficient use of budget funds. The government expects this to improve the transparency of public payments and promote better integration of people with disabilities into the labour market.
«This is one of the Employment Service’s programmes you can genuinely be proud of, because it is about the person, their abilities, knowledge, experience, equal conditions without barriers, and inclusion as something that should become a natural part of Ukrainian business. Our services and most of our programmes today are focused on the individual: on investment in development, professional fulfilment, and the motivation to return to the labour market regardless of circumstances or life challenges”, notes Director of the State Employment Service Yuliia Zhovtiak.
The compensation programme for equipping inclusive workplaces has been in place since 2023. During this time, more than 4,000 employers have adapted workplaces for around 5,000 employees with disabilities. Total funding has reached UAH 352 million, and the average compensation amount has been UAH 73,000.
The largest number of adapted workplaces has been created by employers in Kyiv region – 779, Cherkasy region – 687, in Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk region – 365 each, and in Zhytomyr region – 288. More detailed information on the conditions for participation can be obtained at the nearest employment centre or in the “Made in Ukraine” offices.