As they noted at a meeting on December 9, the aim of the draft law (No.2524a) is restoration of the right of citizens working in the exclusion zone for assigning of supplements in the order and amounts determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Such compensations should encourage engaging of qualified professionals to perform works on elimination of the aftermaths of the Chornobyl catastrophe in the exclusion zone.
Currently, the number of people permanently working in the exclusion zone and receiving a supplement is 4,311, including:
3,800 workers (dosimetrists, plumbers, electricians, welders, drivers, cleaners, etc.).
511 technical and administrative staff employees (managers, masters, heads of shops and sections, accountants, etc.).
The number of people permanently working in the exclusion zone, annually decreases by 5-7% over the reduction in the volume of works and in connection with the withdrawal of part of the personnel out of the exclusion zone to optimize the working process.
The feasibility of assigning of these supplements is based on the results of certification of workplaces by labor conditions.
The Committee emphasizes that the proposed in the draft law supplement is fixed at present and makes UAH 1,827 per month (Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution No. 717) and the same for all categories of workers, but to receive the supplement in full volume they must work in the exclusion zone 36 hours a week.