Trade union legal inspectorates of the Vitebsk region prevented the dismissal of 245 employees with violations

July 2, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Trade union legal inspectorates of the Vitebsk region prevented the dismissal of 245 employees with violations in 2005-2009, and another 44 employees who were illegally dismissed were reinstated. This was announced today by the chairman of the regional trade union association Alexander Tsylev at the regional trade union reporting conference, BELTA correspondent reports. The exercise of public control over compliance with labor legislation is one of the main areas of trade union human rights activities. Ten chief legal inspectors work in the trade union organizations of the region, as well as 34 legal labor inspectorates, 27 of which are on a part-time basis. Over the five-year period, they conducted more than 8.5 thousand inspections of compliance with labor legislation, as a result of which about 5 thousand orders were issued to eliminate over 22.5 thousand identified violations committed by employers. Legal inspectorates assisted 327 employees in preparing documents for court appeals to protect their rights, and represented the interests of 64 people in court. With the support of legal inspectorates, employees were returned about Br885 million in illegally withheld or unpaid monetary sums. -0-