OREANDA-NEWS. August 23, 2010. The Ministry of Labour at a meeting of the Board of the Fund of obligatory state social insurance against unemployment has been raised the minimum unemployment benefit. According to the decision, since September 1, this year the minimum unemployment benefit for persons insured by the Fund will be 665 UAH, since October 1 - 680 UAH and since December 1 - not less than 700 UAH. Previously, it was 600 UAH. (As of July 1).

For those unemployed who are not insured in the Fund, payments will be lower, but also are increased from 430 to 480, 490 and 500 hryvnia respectively.

In 2010, revenues and expenses of the Fund of obligatory public social insurance for unemployment amounted to 7 258 353,3 thousand UAH.