Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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DIFFICULTIES IN SALARY PAYMENTS
In all the Baltic countries, salary payment difficulties have been a very great
problem. Many wage earners have experienced delays of various lengths in
salary payment; and for some, it has been possible that in the rapidly changing
circumstances they are even left entirely without a salary. In Estonia, salary
payment delays have decreased considerably during the three-year period. By
contrast, they have become more frequent in Latvia and especially in Lithuania.
DELAYS IN RECEIVING SALARY DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS
IN 1998 AND 2002
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA
Over 1 month
Up to 1 month
Up to 2 weeks
Up to 1 week
Do not know
ESTONIA
1998 2002
LATVIA
1998 2002
LITHUANIA
1998 2002
In Estonia, long salary delays of more than two weeks, in particular, have almost
ceased. Delays of one week at most are still approximately as frequent as
three years earlier. Taken as a whole, the situation has improved substantially
in the past three years.
In Latvia, one in five workers has suffered salary delays and the trend has
been on the increase. Long payment delays, however, have not increased during
the three years. The growth in frequency of delays has applied only to ones
of less than two weeks' duration, and the longest delays of all have even decreased
a little.