Employee Reservations in 2026: Who will automatically have their critical status extended?

Businesses whose critical status expires in November-December 2026 will have it automatically extended until February 1, 2027. This will allow companies not to lose their criticality during the transition to the updated employee reservation rules.

This is reported by the Government Portal.

To this end, the government has prepared a draft act that provides for a transitional period. The government updated the new rules for obtaining and confirming the status of critical enterprises on October 27.

The changes include a review of industry criteria, state registration of relevant acts, and verification of already granted statuses. Enterprises that received criticality based on invalid criteria may lose it, but will be able to immediately submit a new application based on the valid grounds.

Separate requirements apply to enterprises of the fuel and energy and defense-industrial complexes. By November 10, they had to bring the booking volumes in line with the quota of 95%, while maintaining the booking of specialists involved in production and emergency repair work. Exceeding the quota by more than 10 working days may be grounds for revoking the criticality status.

Also, to obtain or extend the status, an enterprise must prove the importance of its activities for the state and operate in one of 13 designated areas. These include the defense industry, energy, the agricultural sector, transport, IT, communications, medicine, banking, and retail.

Businesses for which the criteria have not changed must submit documents to confirm their status two to three months before its expiration. The list of critical areas may be expanded if necessary.

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