Letter by Ministry of Social Policy of 26.04.2013 № 478/13/84-13

In the letter of 26.04.2013 № 478/13/84-13 the Ministry of Social Policy analyzed provisions of the TCU, the Labor Code and the Instruction on business trips in Ukraine and abroad, and concluded that an employee , purposefully sent to work on holidays and days off, shall be paid in double the amount of hourly or daily rate.

However, given that the provision of the Regulations applies only to public authorities, enterprises, institutions and organizations fully or partially maintained (funded) from budget funds, self-supporting enterprises have to settle questions about assignments, including and on the procedure for sending employees on business trips and compensation for work on days off in the collective agreement.

Employee’s daily wage to be compared with an average daily income, at payment for business travel, shall include all elements of wages received under labor, collective agreement in the month the employee travels on business: salary, additional payments, allowances, bonuses, indexing etc. Assistance for temporary disability is not included in the daily wage worker under comparison.

The letter also explains accounting for working hours by the company, which sends an employee on a business trip. In particular, the Ministry of Social Policy states that such accounting is conducted according to the established regime of work for the company. Working time of the employee on a business trip is accounted for pursuant to the manager’s order – instead of working days the employee gets a mark confirming the employee on a business trip.