According to estimates of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine, to raise the minimum wage to employees of the public sphere in 2009, it is necessary to increase state budget expenditures by 27 billion UAH. rather than 8 billion UAH., as proposed in the Party regions. This was reported by Minister of Labor and Social Policy Lyudmila Denisov.

According to her, according to the bill, which offer the Party of Regions to enhance the level of social guarantees to ensure the increase of pensions to the Pension Fund to increase spending by 7 billion UAH.
The Minister also noted that to raise the minimum wage without increasing inflation is impossible today.

I therefore propose to employers to start paying on payroll debts, which they have towards their workers. And this is more than 1 billion UAH., - said the Minister.
AL Denisov noted that employers are opposed to raising the minimum wage and the minimum subsistence level, because it will increase the cost of Ukrainian products by 40-50% and make it uncompetitive.

As reported on 1 September at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada refused to accept the second reading and the whole bill, initiated by the Party of Regions, amending the State Budget for 2009 (to increase the size of a living wage and minimum wage).

Under the bill, proposed to adopt a living wage from 1 July in the amount of 808 UAH. and from October 1 - 848 UAH.

The size of the minimum wage on 1 July was supposed to make 825 UAH., October 1 - 864 UAH., December 1 - 900 UAH.

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