{"id":789771,"date":"2025-12-11T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:34:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:08:05","slug":"ukrayinskyj-biznes-formuye-systemnyj-pidhid-do-reintegratsiyi-veteraniv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/ukrayinskyj-biznes-formuye-systemnyj-pidhid-do-reintegratsiyi-veteraniv\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian businesses develop a systemic approach to veteran reintegration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"540\">The European Business Association, in partnership with the consulting company DataDriven Research &amp; Consulting, has presented the report \u201c<strong>Veterans in Ukrainian Business: Strategic Approaches to Reintegration and Change Management<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"540\">This study is the first to systematically describe how Ukrainian companies are adapting their policies and HR practices to support veterans returning to civilian life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"1028\">According to the findings, <strong>85% of surveyed companies already employ veterans<\/strong>, usually accounting for up to 5% of their workforce. More than two thirds have introduced educational or adaptation training programmes, while <strong>over half have developed dedicated internal policies or support initiatives<\/strong>. At the same time, only some large enterprises have a designated role or unit responsible for veteran reintegration \u2014 in most cases, these functions are carried out by HR or CSR specialists.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1320\">Companies with formalised training and managerial preparation programmes are significantly more likely to achieve successful veteran integration within their teams. Key support tools include <strong>psychological assistance, medical insurance, career counselling, and flexible working arrangements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1536\">The report also highlights<strong> support for veterans\u2019 families and commemorative policies<\/strong> \u2014 systematic practices for honouring fallen employees, which help foster a culture of gratitude and respect within organisations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1538\" data-end=\"1742\"><em>\u201cVeteran reintegration is not only an HR task, but a values-driven process. Businesses must create an environment where respect, dignity, and gratitude become part of corporate culture,\u201d the authors note.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1820\">Based on the study, <strong>five key recommendations for businesses<\/strong> were formulated:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1820\">Designate a responsible person or unit for veteran reintegration;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1820\">Develop educational programmes and prepare the wider team;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1820\">Provide comprehensive support to the veteran and their family even during active service;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1820\">Ensure flexibility and readiness to respond to individual adaptation needs;<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1820\">Establish commemorative policies and a culture of corporate gratitude.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"2207\" data-end=\"2395\">The research is based on <strong>surveys and interviews with representatives of 26 Ukrainian companies<\/strong> across various economic sectors, along with an analysis of international cases and open data.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2397\" data-end=\"2590\">The full report \u201c<strong>Veterans in Ukrainian Business: Strategic Approaches to Reintegration and Change Management<\/strong>\u201d is available <a href=\"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EBA-Veterans-16.12.2025-1.pdf\">via the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Business Association, in partnership with the consulting company DataDriven Research &amp; Consulting, has presented the report \u201cVeterans in Ukrainian Business: Strategic Approaches to Reintegration and Change Management.\u201d This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33544,"featured_media":698759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15564,15563,15574,15590],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lobbying-news-en","category-main-news-en","category-news-and-articles-from-association-en","category-research-and-analysis-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33544"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}