The Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office pays attention to the issues of timely payment of wages to employees by employers of the region's enterprises

According to statistical data as of September 1, 2016, 114 organizations in the region had wage arrears totaling 3,948.9 thousand rubles, including 3,831.3 thousand rubles for August 2016 and 117.6 thousand rubles for previous months.

Overall, the measures of prosecutorial response taken have contributed to a decrease in the number of cases of untimely wage payments. Thus, as of January 1, 2016, 122 organizations had wage arrears totaling 44,215.8 million non-denominated rubles; as of April 1, 2016, 188 organizations had arrears totaling 93,794.1 million non-denominated rubles; as of July 1, 2016, 123 organizations had wage arrears totaling 43,557.5 million non-denominated rubles.

In total, over the 9 months of the current year, prosecutors of cities and districts, as well as the Vitebsk and Orsha transport prosecutors, have submitted 51 submissions, issued 124 orders, and issued 34 official warnings. Based on the results of the review of prosecutorial supervision acts, 84 individuals were brought to disciplinary responsibility.

In addition, by the resolutions of city and district prosecutors on administrative offenses, 250 officials who delayed wage payments to employees were brought to administrative responsibility. During the execution of the orders, wage arrears in the amount of 764,147.96 rubles were paid.

Furthermore, a priority area of activity for the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office is working with appeals from citizens and legal entities, during the consideration of which prosecutors often identify violations of labor legislation regarding the timeliness of wage payments.

For 9 months of 2016, there was a slight increase in the number of