The management of the Dzerzhinsk regional hospital underpaid ambulance drivers for duty for 5 years

In Krasnoyarsk region According to the prosecutor's claim, the court ordered the Dzerzhinsk hospital to pay extra to the ambulance drivers help for 5 years of duty.

According to the regional supervisory agency, 5 years ambulance drivers of the Dzerzhinsk regional hospital were in 24/7 mode, while remaining in documents regular employees with a 40-hour work week. Formally resting at home, they responded to emergency calls on the first call, filled in for backup shifts, and were always “on hand.” By law, such duty must be paid separately, and work on weekends and night trips must be paid at double the rate.

“The employer’s main argument: drivers are not medical personnel. But without them, the ambulance team simply won’t move. Having formally classified drivers as “secondary” employees, the hospital stopped counting home shifts as working hours and refused to pay higher rates for night trips. These hours simply disappeared from the time sheets, leaving the drivers’ salaries unchanged, but their fatigue growing,” explained in the regional prosecutor's office.

As a result, inThe parents contacted the prosecutor's office. An inspection of time sheets, pay slips and duty schedules revealed violations of the Labor Code. It turned out that only from September 2023 to May 2024ode Each driver was underpaid by tens of thousands of rubles.

In court, the hospital management continued defend your position on underpayment. NThe court sided with the workers and the prosecutor. As a result, the hospital is obliged to pay the drivers more than 200 thousand rubles in compensation. The execution of the court decision remains under the control of the prosecutor's office.

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