Educators and social services staff to receive pay rises: Government allocates UAH 6.6 billion to the regions

The Government has allocated UAH 6.6 billion to the regions to fund pay rises for teachers and social workers. The funds have been channelled into the budgets of 24 regions. Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko announced.

The Head of Government explained that each region had received an amount calculated on an individual basis — depending on the need for pay rises and the capacity of local budgets to cover these costs independently.

“The less own revenue a region has, the greater the proportion of costs covered by the state. For the budgets of local authorities and regions where hostilities are ongoing or likely to occur, the state covers 80 per cent of the necessary expenditure on salary increases. For local budgets that demonstrate insufficient capacity, this figure ranges from 50 per cent to 80 per cent,” emphasised Yulia Svyrydenko.