OREANDA-NEWS. September 02, 2010. Wage arrears repayment has been determined as one of the main tasks of the current Government. Thanks to the active measures taken by the Government, according to the operational data of the central and local authorities, weekly summarized by the Labour Ministry, Ukraine has the positive trend of wage arrears reduction.

Thus, at the beginning of the Government’s activity, that is, as of 1 March 2010, total wage arrears in Ukraine, according to the State Statistics Committee amounted 1737,7 million UAH. But as of August 1, 2010 it decreased to 1550,1 million UAH, or by 10,8% in 21 regions of Ukraine.

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of August 1, 2010, debts to workers of economically active enterprises amounted 952,6 million UAH, representing 61.4% of the total wage arrears, 529,9 million UAH or 34,2% belongs to the companies about which is the procedure of restoring solvency of the debtor or declaring it bankrupt, and 67,6 million UAH or 4,4% refers to economically inactive enterprises.

In order to stabilize the situation on repayment of wage arrears, the current Government has held at the national level two extended meetings with the Prime Minister, two meetings of the Government, two meetings of the governmental committees under the leadership of the First Vice Prime Minister and a meeting of the Commission on repayment of arrears of wages, pensions, scholarships and other social payments.

On August 11, 2010 the Cabinet of Ministers approved an order № 1609-p "On approving the plan of urgent measures on repayment of wage arrears", the last time warning for a number of heads of executive bodies, which provides clear objectives with certain deadlines for central and local authorities.

On September 9, 2010 a regular meeting of the Commission on repayment of arrears of wages, pensions, scholarships and other social payments under the chairmanship of Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine V. Nadraga will be held and will consider issues regarding the state of implementation by central and local authorities of decisions of the President and the Government of Ukraine.