Cabinet announces job cuts Vacancies and deputy posts

Oct 6

Hrynchuk relays Koretskyi's announcement that the first administrative-streamlining stage will cut 4,000 vacant positions. Officials will assess bodies' functions against current priorities before final structure and staffing decisions. Deputy-minister numbers are to depend on workload and fall by about 20%, with other central-executive deputy heads reduced by nearly 18%. These are announced plans; the report does not establish that occupied jobs have been eliminated.

TSN relays Koretskyi's plan to eliminate 4,000 vacant positions in the first administrative-streamlining stage, reduce deputy ministers by about 20% and other central-executive deputy heads by nearly 18%. Functions and workload will be assessed before final staffing decisions. These are announced plans, not completed dismissals of occupied posts.