11 March 2002
Wage debts growing in Brest region

 Wage debts in the Brest region have exceeded 40 percent of the region's entire wage fund, according to data released by Belarus' State Control Committee.
Wage debts have reached 6.6 billion rubels (over $3.9 million) in the region's agriculture, including 2.3 billion in unpaid December wages, and 4.2 billion rubels in manufacturing, including 175 million in December wages. Three fourths of the region's farms have wage arrears. Wage
debts total 492 million rubels in education, 97.8 million rubels in health care, and 19.4 million rubels in culture and entertainment.