Marusya factory doesn't pay wages for 3 months

The factory promised high wages, but the promises were not fulfilled.

Nasha Niva learnt it from a worker of Marusya sewing factory.

“I received only 1.3 million rubles for three months of work. It is a part of my salary for the first month,” the woman says. “In autumn, many didn't have their wages for May. When someone began to complain, other workers said those who complain would have nothing at all. They said it's better not to spoil relations with managers. Managers, for their part, said the factory had no money.”

The woman quit after three months of free work, but Marusya factory wasn't going to pay her wages.

The former worker went to a court. The court staff advised to sign a settlement with the factory to get money as soon as possible. Marusya had two weeks to pay the debt but missed the deadline. The former worker still doesn't have her money, which already lost its value by one third.

“Bailiff Hanna Dudko says the company has no money on its accounts. It is also impossible to attach its property because it is pledged as security. But the company continues to work, I don't know how,” the reader says.

As it turned out, Marusya company consists of several legal persons. Bankruptcy procedures have been initiated against one of them – Marusya joint limited liability company.

Maryna Padabed, Marusya's director, was fifth in the rating of the most successful businesswomen in Belarus in 2011. Maryna and her husband Viktar Padaped can be brought to account for a loan debt of from 1 to 2 billion rubles.

Many Belarusian companies have problems with paying wages. There have been reports in the last few months about four- and three-day working weeks, failure to pay wages in full, a decrease in wages and forced unpaid leaves.

The number of Belarusians who do not receive wages on time has been growing since the beginning of the year. As of January 1, companies owed Br22.1 billion to 3,000 workers, while on February 1, 277 companies had a total debt of Br171 billion to 49,000 workers.