The Business Ombudsman Council provides recommendations to state bodies on the basis of individual cases and in accordance with published systemic reports. Here we have collected information on the implementation status of systemic recommendations only.
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Issued recommendations
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Execution status
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Systemic report “Big challenges for small business” |
To qualitatively review and initiate amendments to the legislation by providing flexible forms of work organization and regime, including part-time employment, working in shifts, work time logging, weekends and holidays, remote work, etc. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
Implemented
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To take appropriate steps to simplify the labour-related document flow and transform it into electronic format. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
In process
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As regards the supervision (control) of employers’ compliance with the labor legislation — to take steps aimed at careful harmonization of the procedure, grounds, methods and forms of inspections, powers of the corresponding authorities, particularly with the ILO Conventions and requirements of the Law No. 877. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
In process
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As regards the proportionality of employer's liability for violations of the labor legislation — to review sizes of fines, taking into account the nature, degree of offenses committed and an employer’s degree of guilt, and to provide for the possibility of applying warnings for minor or first-time offenses and/or granting employers a grace period for their elimination without an obligation to pay respective fines Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
Implemented
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Since the progress tracking of the tasks related to SMEs’ export promotion and their internationalization is not provided in the SME Strategy, whereas clear quantitative and qualitative indicators namely of SMEs’ export activities are not provided in the Export Strategy, the BOC finds it necessary to recommend the MinEconomy, when determining further steps aimed at developing exports, to provide indicators that would allow monitoring changes specifically for SMEs and, when analyzing statistical data, to separate the influence of implemented tasks from the indicators of large enterprises. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
Not started
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To continue providing the Export Promotion Office with appropriate resources, expanding support services according to the Export Strategy and SMEs’ demand, and disseminating information about the Office's capabilities among SMEs’ representatives. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
In process
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To ensure transparent and efficient functioning of the ECA in accordance with the best international practices. When taking final legislative steps to launch the ECA, it is recommended that the CMU, the MinFin and the MinEconomy carry out additional analysis of:
а) the level of the ECA’s capitalization and state support so that the institution could cover as many businesses as possible, including SMEs, and make their own functionality more accessible and
b) the support areas outlined in Art. 8 of the Law, first of all in the context of their consistency with the identified priority sectors of the Export Strategy. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
In process
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To review and evaluate the relevance of unimplemented activities outlined in the Action Plan for the implementation of the SME Strategy, prioritize activities that may have a fast and significant effect on the SMEs’ access to finance and to stop implementing ineffective measures. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
Implemented
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