Military Registration of Women: Employers’ Responsibilities, Documents, and Penalties

Military Registration of Women: What Business Should Know

As of 2026, mandatory military registration for women in Ukraine is not universal for all professions. Women who are fit for health and age reasons and have obtained a medical or pharmaceutical specialty are mandatory registered as persons liable for military service. Women with other specialties or professions related to military occupational specialties may register for military service only of their own free will. The list of such related specialties is approved by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. (Law of Ukraine)

Women who are on military registration may be called up for military service in wartime or involved in work to ensure the defense of the state only on a voluntary basis. In peacetime, they can be accepted for military service and service in the military reserve only voluntarily, under contract. (Law of Ukraine)

Who is subject to mandatory registration

Mandatory military registration includes women who simultaneously meet three conditions: have obtained a medical or pharmaceutical specialty, are fit for military service for health reasons, and fall under the age requirements for staying in the reserve. For other women — even if their profession is related to a military occupational specialty — current legislation establishes a voluntary rather than mandatory procedure. (Law of Ukraine)

What a woman should do after obtaining medical or pharmaceutical education

A woman who has obtained a medical or pharmaceutical specialty is obliged to arrive at the district or city Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (TCC & SSC) at her declared or registered place of residence within 60 days after obtaining the relevant education to determine the degree of fitness for military service. Institutions of professional, vocational pre-higher, and higher education that train such specialists submit a list of women who have obtained the relevant education to the TCC & SSC within a seven-day period after completion of training. (Law of Ukraine)

If such a woman is not working, she contacts the TCC & SSC independently. If she works but is not yet on military registration, the employer must notify the relevant TCC & SSC about her. For women with other related specialties, registration is possible only at their request on a general basis. (Law of Ukraine)

After being registered, a woman must comply with the general rules of military registration: within a seven-day period, report changes in personal data through an electronic cabinet or in person; within a seven-day period after arriving at a new place of residence, register at the new place; and notify immediately about the loss of a paper military registration document. (Law of Ukraine)

Which documents are important for the employer

Upon concluding an employment contract, an employee submits a passport or other document proving identity, documents regarding labor activity, and in cases provided by law, also a document on education and the relevant military registration document. For persons already on military registration, the employer checks specifically the military registration document. (Law of Ukraine)

Current legislation allows the use of not only paper but also electronic military registration documents, including printed ones. Enterprises keep copies of military registration documents in paper form or copies of electronic documents, including printed ones. (Law of Ukraine)

What the employer must do

The employer, when hiring, is obliged to check the presence of a military registration document. Procedure № 1487 directly establishes that hiring and taking on personal military registration of conscripts, persons liable for military service, and reservists is carried out only after they are registered for military service in the relevant TCC & SSC, SSU body, or intelligence body. This means that if a woman belongs to the category of persons who must be on military registration but has not yet registered, the employer should not process her as an employee until the military registration is properly completed. (Law of Ukraine)

After hiring, the employer must:

• familiarize the employee with the rules of military registration under personal signature; (Law of Ukraine)

• within a seven-day period from the day of issuing the order on hiring or dismissal, send a notification of change in registration data to the relevant TCC & SSC; (Law of Ukraine)

• within a five-day period, enter information about hiring or dismissal into the lists of personal military registration and operational accounting records; (Law of Ukraine)

• keep a separate list of personal military registration of women liable for military service and reservists; (Law of Ukraine)

• keep copies of military registration documents in paper or electronic form together with the lists; (Law of Ukraine)

• based on the results of reconciliation, enter changes to the registration data within a five-day period and, if there are changes, send relevant notifications to the TCC & SSC monthly by the 5th day. (Law of Ukraine)

A separate obligation concerns women with medical or pharmaceutical education who are already working but are not yet on military registration. The employer must notify the relevant TCC & SSC about such employees. (Law of Ukraine)

Does this apply to individual entrepreneurs (FOP)?

Procedure № 1487 directly assigns personal military registration at the place of work to the heads of state bodies, local self-government bodies, enterprises, institutions, and organizations. Individual entrepreneurs (FOP) are not named in this norm. At the same time, the requirement to check documents when hiring also follows from labor legislation, so it is safe for an employer-FOP to check the proper documents of an employee and not to process labor relations with a person who should have a military registration document but does not have one. (Law of Ukraine)

Can women on military registration be reserved (deferred)?

If an employee is liable for military service and the employer belongs to the entities entitled to reservation, such an employee can be reserved according to the general rules for reservation of persons liable for military service. Legislation on reservation operates with the category "persons liable for military service" and in certain norms directly mentions women liable for military service. (Law of Ukraine)

Liability for violation

For violation of military registration rules by conscripts, persons liable for military service, and reservists, a fine is provided under Article 210 of the Code of Administrative Offenses: from 30 to 50 tax-free minimum incomes of citizens, and for a repeated violation within a year or a violation during a special period — from 50 to 100 tax-free minimums. For the purposes of calculating fines, the amount of 17 UAH is used, so in practice it is 510–850 UAH and 850–1700 UAH, respectively. (Law of Ukraine)

For officials of the employer, Article 210-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses applies: for violation of legislation on defense, mobilization preparation, and mobilization, the fine is from 200 to 300 tax-free minimums, and for a repeated violation within a year or a violation during a special period — from 300 to 500 tax-free minimums. In monetary terms, this is 3400–5100 UAH and 5100–8500 UAH, respectively. (Law of Ukraine)

A special procedure applies to cases under Articles 210 and 210-1: if a person does not contest the violation, submits a relevant application, and pays at least 50 percent of the fine within 10 calendar days from the day the resolution enters into force, such a resolution is considered executed. (Law of Ukraine)

In addition to administrative liability, criminal consequences are also possible. Evasion of military registration after a warning from the relevant head of the TCC & SSC constitutes a crime provided for in Article 337 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. (Law of Ukraine)

Practical algorithm for business

To reduce risks for the company, it is advisable to organize work as follows:

• check the personnel documents of all female employees who have a medical or pharmaceutical education; (Law of Ukraine)

• when hiring, demand a proper military registration document from those employees for whom it is mandatory; (Law of Ukraine)

• not to process the hiring of a person who should be on military registration but has not registered; (Law of Ukraine)

• keep a separate list of women liable for military service and store copies of their military registration documents; (Law of Ukraine)

• timely send notifications to the TCC & SSC about hiring, dismissal, and changes in registration data; (Law of Ukraine)

• for critically important enterprises, separately check whether such employees can be subject to reservation. (Law of Ukraine)

Official Sources

• Law of Ukraine "On Military Duty and Military Service" № 2232-XII — Article 1, parts 11–12; Article 33. (Law of Ukraine)

• Resolution of the CMU dated 30.12.2022 № 1487 "On approval of the Procedure for organizing and maintaining military registration of conscripts, persons liable for military service and reservists" — paragraphs 16, 34–45, 50–51; Annex 2 (Rules of Military Registration), Annex 14. (Law of Ukraine)

• Labor Code of Ukraine — Article 24. (Law of Ukraine)

• Order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine dated 11.10.2021 № 313 — list of related specialties and professions. (Law of Ukraine)

• Resolution of the CMU dated 16.05.2024 № 559 — procedure for processing and issuing a military registration document, including in electronic form. (Law of Ukraine)

• Law of Ukraine dated 30.03.2021 № 1357-IX — new version of Articles 210 and 210-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. (Law of Ukraine)

• Law of Ukraine dated 13.03.2025 № 4316-IX — specifics of consideration of cases under Articles 210 and 210-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and the possibility of executing the resolution after paying 50% of the fine in a separate procedure. (Law of Ukraine)

• Resolution of the CMU dated 27.01.2023 № 76 — procedure for reservation of persons liable for military service for the period of mobilization and for wartime. (Law of Ukraine)

• Resolution of the CMU dated 15.04.2025 № 436 — amendments to the reservation procedure, in particular regarding women liable for military service and persons registered with the SSU and intelligence agencies. (Law of Ukraine)

• Criminal Code of Ukraine — Article 337. (Law of Ukraine)