On 6 June 2018, the Committee recommended that the Parliament adopt a draft law amending the Law of Ukraine “On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies” No 8369 (new version of the current law) in the first reading.

As it was reported, the draft law incorporated all the provisions of the draft law on service in local self-government bodies No 2489, which was rejected by the Parliament during the consideration of the veto of the President of Ukraine on 3 April 2018.

The authors of the new draft law have changed the previous version only in the following issues:

• amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government in Ukraine” regarding deputy village, settlement and city heads, considered in the veto of the President of Ukraine, were excluded as this point not the subject of legal regulation of the new law;
• in addition to the competition, there is a possibility for the servants to get promotion to higher positions without a competition within their category (except for the highest category I) envisaged;
• typical provision on bonus is excluded;
• approximate amount of expenses for training of servants is established – up to 2% of the payroll fund.

It is worth reminding that the Association of Ukrainian Cities has recently urged to adopt the law on service in local self-government bodies as soon as possible.