History

For all the years of Ukraine’s independence there have been radical changes in the form of ownership of many enterprises, a significant increase in the number of employees in the private sector. There are employers that aim at the long term outlook, creating favourable conditions for the production of domestic products, increasing the competitiveness of enterprises, social responsibility of businesses to workers and the society.

There is a need to establish common rules for all, which would provide an opportunity to address the issues facing individual sectors and the Ukrainian economy as a whole.

The joining of efforts of owners and the delegation of some of their social and labour powers to associations of employers allows them to represent their interests at the national level, to address common issues, to adequately respond to social demands of the state and the expectations of citizens.

In order to ensure the full participation of domestic employers in the establishment of harmonious relations of Ukrainian businesses with the Government and workers, the owners of the largest financial and industrial groups in Ukraine, which employ more than 300 thousand workers, decided to establish the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine.

On February 16, 2006, representatives of System Capital Management CJSC, Industrial Group Consortium, Smart Group LLC, Midland Capital Management LLC and Textile Contact signed a Memorandum on the need to establish a Confederation of Employers of Ukraine as an intersectoral organization representing the interests of all-Ukrainian sectoremployers’ organizations.A Steering Committee was set up to establish all-Ukrainian sector employers’ organizations and unite them into the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine.

On April 19, 2006, Mittal Steel KryvyiRihOJSC was admitted to the SteeringCommittee.

On May 18, 2006, the All-Ukrainian Association of Employers’ Organizations of Construction, Design and Architecture became a member of the SteeringCommittee for the establishment of the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine.

On July 20, 2006, the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine was established at the Founding Congress in accordance with the Law of Ukraine on Employers’ Organizations.

On September 19, 2006, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine issued the Certificate No. 2527 on state registration of the Confederation of Employers of Ukraine.