ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih allowed to pay wages from arrested accounts
The Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv adopted a resolution lifting the ban on PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih from conducting banking operations to pay wages to employees of the enterprise, as well as to pay taxes and fees (compulsory payments) using a previously arrested account with JSC UkrSibbank ". This was reported in the primary organization of the Trade Union of Metallurgists and Miners of Ukraine (PMGU) PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih.
“As the administration of the enterprise assured, on January 21, employees will receive an advance payment on their salary cards without delay. This was facilitated along with the actions of lawyers, financiers and other specialists of the enterprise, as well as the actions of the PMGU PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih aimed at protecting the rights of workers,” the trade union said in a statement.
Recall that on January 5 of the current year PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" principa-verhovenstva-prava-v-ukraine.html">reported about the blocking of their bank accounts by order of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in accordance with the ruling of the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv, adopted in November 2021, the reason for which was tax dispute, which concerns the payment by the enterprise of rent for the use of subsoil.
This arrest of the company's funds jeopardized the timely payment of wages to employees. Employees of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih PJSC, members of the trade union, were ready to leave for Kiev and hold a peaceful protest there demanding that the enterprise be given the opportunity to pay wages to its employees on time, about which the Kiev City State Administration was officially notified.