The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the criteria for designating enterprises as critical and the rules for reserving military personnel. The new requirements include establishing a salary threshold, changing approaches to accounting for part-time workers, and mandatory re-confirmation of criticality status for all businesses.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the criteria for designating enterprises as critical and the rules for reserving military personnel. The new requirements include establishing a salary threshold, changing approaches to accounting for part-time workers, and mandatory re-confirmation of criticality status for all businesses.
This is stated in the relevant Government clarification regarding the resolution adopted on May 30, 2026.
According to the updated rules, to confirm the criticality of the company and the reservation of an employee, a mandatory criterion has been established - the amount of the accrued average salary (before taxes) must not be less than three minimum wages, which currently amounts to UAH 25,941. An exception is made for enterprises in front-line areas, where the threshold is set at 2.5 times the minimum wage (UAH 21,618). These requirements do not apply to state and municipal enterprises.
Significant changes also apply to part-time workers. From now on, such specialists, or those who already have a deferral for other reasons, will be taken into account in the reservation quota only once - for one place of work, which may not be the main one.
"This will avoid situations where one person simultaneously increases the reservation quota at several enterprises," the Government explains.
All ministries and regional military administrations are required to re-approve their sectoral and regional criticality criteria in agreement with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy. After that, absolutely all enterprises that already have the status of critical will have to re-submit a package of documents and confirm their status according to the updated requirements. The consideration of documents by state bodies should last no more than 10 working days.
A transition period is provided for businesses: the current criticality status of enterprises and current employee reservations will be maintained until September 1. Reservations for sole proprietors, as before, are not provided for by law.
1. How will booking work for part-time workers?
An employee will be counted in the reservation quota for only one place of work. This does not have to be the main place of work. If a conscript works at his main job and at several other enterprises part-time, he can be counted in the number of conscripts working at the enterprise only once.
2. Can an employee be booked at an enterprise where he works part-time?
Yes, if this particular company includes him in its reservation quota. The main principle is that one conscript can only be taken into account once, regardless of the number of jobs.
3. Do businesses need to resubmit documents to confirm criticality?
Yes. Decisions on confirmation of criticality status will be made by state authorities based on updated criteria and after receiving a full package of documents from the enterprise.
4. What happens if the booking documents are being processed for a long time and they lose their relevance?
The state body must consider the company's application within no more than 10 working days. To avoid delays, the company must submit a complete and reliable package of documents.
5. Does the enterprise remain critical during the transition period?
Decisions recognizing enterprises as critical, the validity of which expires on September 1.
6. Are current employee reservations maintained?
Yes. During the transition period, both the current criticality of enterprises and the current reservation of military-liable employees of these enterprises will be maintained.
7. What has changed for individual entrepreneurs?
The Law of Ukraine "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization" does not provide for the reservation of individual entrepreneurs.
8. What has changed for state and municipal enterprises?
Changes in the amount of the accrued average salary of insured persons, i.e. employees, do not apply to state and municipal enterprises.
9. Is the salary criterion calculated before or after taxes?
This is the accrued average salary, that is, before taxes.
10. Will there be delays due to the mass submission of documents?
The government has coordinated the work of state bodies to comply with the deadlines for considering applications. Provided that a complete and reliable package of documents is submitted, a decision should be made within no more than 10 working days.
11. What should a reserved employee of a critical enterprise do?
The employee does not need to independently submit documents to confirm the criticality of the enterprise. He should check with his employer whether a valid reservation is maintained, monitor the relevance of military credentials, and clarify his status with the responsible person of the enterprise in advance.
12. What should authorized persons of critical enterprises do?
Authorized persons should check in advance whether the enterprise meets the updated criteria, review the list of employees for booking, separately check part-time employees, assess the level of the enterprise's average salary and the salaries of employees who are planned to be booked, prepare documents to reconfirm criticality, and not postpone submission until the end of the transition period.
13. Where can businesses learn about the updated criticality criteria?
Businesses should be guided by official decisions of the bodies that determine the criticality in the relevant sector or region. After the re-approval of the criteria, up-to-date information will be available through the official channels of the relevant ministry, central government body or regional military administration.
