The Ministry of Labor proposed expanding the right to compensation for unpaid overdue wages. This was reported in the press service of the ministry. RIA News.
The report states that the employer is now only obliged to pay compensation if wages are accrued but not paid on time.
The Ministry said, “If the employer does not accrue the wage unlawfully, the employee cannot receive compensation due to the delay in payment.”
To solve this problem, the ministry proposed amending Article 236 of the Labor Code. According to the press service of the Ministry of Labor, if the amendments are adopted, the employer will have to pay interest from the moment the employee should receive the money.
In addition, according to the ministry, in case of violation of the established period for payment of wages, the employer will have to compensate for each day of delay in the amount of at least 1/150 of the Central Bank of Russia rate in force at that time. time.
Izvestia newspaper in early September WroteIt was stated that the number of workers facing wage delays in medium and large-sized enterprises in Russia decreased from 2.5 million in 2005 to 10 thousand in 2023.
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