The last week of September is "Labor Day".
On the eve of the holiday, the head of the Department of the State Labor Inspectorate of Atyrau region Igilik Aubakirov in an interview with the newspaper " Atyrau:
This year-762 of the complaint.
- Igilik Aidarovich, what work is currently being done in the field of occupational safety and health?
- Your question is clear. The Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan was amended on May 4 this year in terms of safety and labor protection. Accordingly, the company was supposed to create a system of labor protection. Approved duties of the employer on the implementation and monitoring of the system of labor protection in the enterprise, as well as the management and evaluation of occupational risks. Coordination of the work of the general contractor organization on compliance by contractors with the requirements of labor protection and labor safety has begun. Within the framework of these laws, a lot of work is carried out in the department.
Since the beginning of the year, 762 complaints have been received from citizens. Of these, 726 were considered, and 313 citizens ' labor rights were protected. As a result of the cooperation of labor inspectors with employers, 27 employees received $ 3.2 million. wages were collected, employment contracts were concluded with employees. On the basis of complaints and in a planned manner, 80 inspections were carried out. As a result, 135 violations of labor legislation were revealed. To eliminate these violations, 67 regulations were introduced. 39 administrative protocols were drawn up in the amount of $ 14.2 million. a fine in tenge was imposed. 4.9 million dollars in favor of the state. tenge is collected.
- Are there often cases when employers do not pay wages to employees on time?
- Late payment of wages to employees-creates problems and negatively affects the social situation of people, the family. Therefore, special attention is paid to avoiding delays and cases of non-payment of wages. Monthly systematic monitoring is carried out. During it, the fact of gross violation of the labor legislation of "Atyrau Oil Company" LLP was revealed. The partnership has not paid 56 114 706 tenge for June, belonging to 327 employees. In this regard, an administrative protocol was drawn up, fines were imposed in the amount of 277,800 tenge. Lawlessness was promptly eliminated, employees ' salaries were paid.
In addition, the wages of employees of Water Energi LLP, Catering Lider Company LLP, Baldauren Nursery School No. 37 and Temirali LLP were fully reimbursed. In general, since the beginning of the year, 107.6 million out of 556 employees. wages in tenge were collected. Also, now there is an acute issue of not reimbursing employees of institutions for the corresponding payments for downtime during quarantine.
- And how much is labor safety preserved in the process of work?
- Unfortunately, accidents occur in the workplace due to insufficient organization of work in production, operation of faulty transport and equipment, non-compliance with safety rules. Since the beginning of the year, 5 workers have died as a result of such accidents. 7 workers were seriously injured. Special investigative documents conducted on these violations were sent to law enforcement agencies. In addition, a number of institutions have been identified that did not pay for work performed on weekends.
- How were issues related to labor disputes resolved during the quarantine?
-In connection with the strengthening of the quarantine regime in "generation-a" LLP, "COC Realty", "ESS" and the branch of "SSER" institutions located in the Tengiz field, there were complaints about labor legislation – About 100 employees of the "SOS Realty" partnership initially put forward demands to ease the conditions of detention in quarantine. Later, they demanded full payment of wages for overtime work. As a result of organizing meetings with employees by local executive bodies and taking operational measures, key issues were resolved in a timely manner.
Why does a foreigner have a higher salary?
- The salary of a foreign employee in the same position is 4 times higher than the salary of local employees in companies. In this regard, which caused dissatisfaction of the people of labor, on behalf of the president, an inspection of enterprises that attract foreign labor was carried out. What was the result? Is the salary side balanced?
- Yes, this question is relevant.A total of 43 enterprises were inspected. As a result, a number of gaps were identified. In relation to Kazakhstani employees, 109 facts of discrimination in the payment of wages, 167 facts of insolvency in positions that do not correspond to the issued permits were recorded. In addition, the education of 114 foreign citizens did not correspond to the position held. Thus, in the company "Sarens Kazakhstan" the salary of a local supervisor amounted to 750 thousand tenge, and foreign employees in such positions-3.4 million tenge. The same situation was revealed in "Worley Parsons Kazakhstan" LLP.
Employers were issued 24 orders to eliminate the identified violations, 264 administrative cases were initiated in the amount of 96.5 million rubles. a fine in tenge was imposed. Of these, 73.1 million 262 foreign citizens revoked the issued permits and sent letters to the authorized place about not extending the permit period. According to the Department for the Coordination of Employment and Social Programs, the permits of 212 foreign citizens were revoked and expelled from the country. The remaining 50 permits are not renewed.
After the inspections, this year changes were made to the relevant legislation. The administrative responsibility of employers to create equal sanitary conditions between foreign and Kazakh employees has been strengthened. Amendments have also been made to the criteria for assessing the degree of risk, which make it possible to annually cover enterprises that attract foreign labor with preventive control.