A mobile reception for labor law issues will be held today in Postavy

August 21, Minsk /BELTA/. An outreach reception for citizens on labor and occupational safety legislation will be held today in the city of Postavy (Vitebsk region), the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus informed a BELTA correspondent. Residents not only of Postavy district but also of the neighboring Sharkovshchyna and Glubokoe districts will be able to get consultations from specialists of the Department of State Labor Inspectorate, Labor and Wages Departments, and Occupational Safety. The joint initiative of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the editorial office of the newspaper "Respublika," and the National State Television and Radio Company was launched in March 2007. During the outreach reception, specialists provide free legal assistance and consult employees and employers on issues of labor and occupational safety legislation. Citizens receive answers to many questions, including those concerning the contract employment system, remuneration and payment deadlines, labor and social leave, hiring and dismissal, occupational safety, pension provision, and provision of targeted social assistance. As the analysis of the structure of visitors to the outreach reception and the range of citizens' inquiries shows, every third person is concerned about remuneration issues, and every fifth person is concerned about dismissal from work. Approximately 95-97% of citizens' inquiries are resolved directly during the reception. This form of work has proven its demand: since March 2007, over 1,000 people have visited specialists at the reception. This year, these events have already taken place in January in Shchuchin (Grodno region), in February in Orsha (Vitebsk region), in March in Gorki (Mogilev region), in April in Petrikov (Gomel region), in May in Nesvizh (Minsk region), in June in Pruzhany (Brest region), and in July in Ostrovets (Grodno region). -0-