{"id":10341,"date":"2025-10-02T07:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/the-ministry-of-labor-is-demanding-that-air-samarkand-pay-1-5-billion-soums-in-wage-arrears\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:33:11","slug":"the-ministry-of-labor-is-demanding-that-air-samarkand-pay-1-5-billion-soums-in-wage-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/the-ministry-of-labor-is-demanding-that-air-samarkand-pay-1-5-billion-soums-in-wage-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Labor is demanding that Air Samarkand pay 1.5 billion soums in wage arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why is this important<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A serious precedent for private employers in the aviation industry \u2014 the increase in labor rights requirements may increase pressure on other firms. Moreover, the situation undermines the trust of employees and potential investors in the company. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0412 \u0432\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0438\u043b\u043e \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e 10 \u0436\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0431 \u0441\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 Air Samarkand \u043e \u043d\u0435\u0432\u044b\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044b \u0437\u0430 \u0438\u044e\u043d\u044c \u2014 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442.<\/li>\n<li>The State Labor Inspectorate filed claims for 1.5 billion soums, including compensation for each day of delay.<\/li>\n<li>The lawsuit has been filed with the Samarqand City Court for Civil Cases.<\/li>\n<li>Some employees \u2014 including Russian citizens \u2014 claim they haven&#8217;t received their salaries for three months, not even receiving advances for food and rental housing.<\/li>\n<li>Air Samarkand acknowledged financial difficulties, citing the reason for delays \u2014 unexpected costs for fleet maintenance, and stated that it is working on settling debts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air Samarkand is a private airline founded in 2022 and based in Samarkand. The company began operating charter flights at the end of 2023, with plans to expand regular routes and fleet. Such instances of salary delays in the aviation industry can reflect structural financial risks, especially for young companies with high operating costs.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Employment filed a lawsuit with the Samarkand City Court demanding the recovery of 1.5 billion soums in salary arrears from Air Samarkand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68de35928efb4.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"2bf59057","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"Dv78f24rp1hU":10140,"YlB8HH34jIzY":"The Ministry of Labor is demanding that Air Samarkand pay 1.5 billion soums in wage arrears"},"pin_until":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[2995,2994,2062,3078,2993],"class_list":["post-10341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-air-samarkand-en","tag-airlines","tag-business","tag-ministry-of-labor","tag-salaries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Ministry of Labor is demanding that Air Samarkand pay 1.5 billion soums in wage arrears &#8212; 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