The Verkhovna Rada has supported in the first reading a bill that obliges employers to insure journalists and other employees for the period of their business trip to the areas of hostilities or the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This was reported by UNN with reference to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak and the card of the bill No. 11153.
"No. 11153 on insurance of journalists. As a basis (252),
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According to the draft law, media entities, at their own expense or at the expense of any other sources not prohibited by law, are obliged to conclude contracts for accident insurance of life, health, and disability of journalists and other employees in accordance with insurance class 1 for the period of their business trip to the areas of hostilities or the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
The procedure and terms of such insurance shall be determined by the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine in consultation with the National Bank of Ukraine.
Recall
The Verkhovna Rada adopted as a basis the draft law No. 10017 on the Pension Fund's functions as an authorized body in the areas of compulsory state social insurance that caused disability.