State labour inspectors have identified wage arrears at 394 enterprises across the country. Payments were delayed to more than 9,800 workers, with the total volume of debt exceeding 2.3 billion tenge.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population, inspections uncovered over 6,500 violations of labour rights. Organisation heads were issued 3,369 binding orders and fined a total of more than 428.2 million tenge.
As a result, by tightening repayment schedules and deadlines, the rights of 9,600 workers were protected. Employers paid them 2 billion tenge.
The ministry noted that compliance with labour legislation remains under particular scrutiny. As of 1 November, labour inspectors had also conducted 5,306 inspections, during which they identified 6,571 violations. Of these, 5,427 were in the sphere of labour, 1,111 in occupational safety and health, and 33 in the sphere of employment.
According to the department, the measures taken helped protect the labour rights of 40,000 workers.
Earlier, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population published other data on salary debts at enterprises across the country. While in September it was reported that since the start of the year, arrears had been identified at 257 enterprises, affecting more than 3,700 workers with a total sum exceeding 1.4 billion tenge, by November the figures cited were already 394 enterprises, nearly 9,800 workers, and a debt of more than 2.3 billion tenge.
This disparity in the scale of the problem raises questions about the dynamics of the arrears and the effectiveness of the measures being taken.