UrBC, Yekaterinburg, February 4, 2016. Put together, companies in the transportation sector based in the Urals failed to pay some 91m RUR worth of wages and salaries to their workers on time last year, Ural public prosecution authorities for transportation report.

3,000 instances of Labor Code violations were detected here in the course of 2015, resulting in 1,213 protest warrants, 179 protocols, 159 disciplinary liability cases and 123 administrative liability cases.

Additionally, 18 people in decision-making positions received official warnings and 598 claims to protect the workers’ interests were filed with courts, including 540 claims relating to the payment of wages and salaries (total worth 19m RUR).