On January 20, Deputy Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Oleksandr Syminskyi held a meeting of the Territorial State Labor Inspectorate in the region, where the results of the inspectorate's work over the past year were summarized, the regional state administration's department for internal policy issues reported. \n \nIt was noted that in 2003, state labor inspectors conducted 1,136 inspections of 1,025 institutions in the region. 579 protocols on administrative offenses were drawn up and submitted to court, and administrative penalties with the application of fines totaling 67.5 thousand hryvnias were imposed on 246 managers. This significantly contributed to a 17.7% reduction in wage arrears over the year. \n