Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
الملخص
Date Reported: 13 أكتوبر 2019
الموقع: البحرين
الشركات
Ramses Trading Co. - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , البناء , Gender not reported )القضايا
الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Wage Theftالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The protests were dispersed by riot police.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 13 أكتوبر 2019
الموقع: البحرين
الشركات
Sonar Security - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 200
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , الشركات الأمنية , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , الشركات الأمنية , Gender not reported )القضايا
الضرب والعنف , الترهيب والتهديد , الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Wage Theft , Imprisonmentالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Migrant-Rights.org
الإجراءات المتخذة: On the same day that payment failed, the workers staged a protest march. Some workers alleged being intimidated and assaulted by the owner's son after returning to their accommodation. The police arrested nine workers due to the incident, who were later released without charge. The workers said their cases have been referred to the labour court and their embassies were aware, although they hadn't had much response.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 13 أكتوبر 2019
الموقع: البحرين
الشركات
Zone Security - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 200
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , الشركات الأمنية , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , الشركات الأمنية , Gender not reported )القضايا
الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Wage Theft , Imprisonment , الترهيب والتهديد , الضرب والعنفالرد
Response sought: Yes, by NGO
الإجراءات المتخذة: On the same day that payment failed, the workers staged a protest march. Some workers alleged being intimidated and assaulted by the owner's son after returning to their accomodation. The police arrested nine workers due to the incident, who were later released without charge. The workers said their cases have been referred to the labour court and their embassies were aware, although they hadn't had much response.
نوع المصدر: NGO
"Non-payment of wages: An issue on the rise for low-income migrant workers in Bahrain," 13 Oct 2019
This report reviews the issue of non-payment of wages that migrant workers in Bahrain increasingly face, and assesses the Bahraini government’s response...
The economic downturn, caused mainly by low oil prices, hit Bahrain’s construction sector hard and exacerbated the already rampant practice of non-payment of wages. Costs and losses are passed on to the most vulnerable – the migrant workers at the end of the supply chain...
Over the past several months, workers from different sectors have staged protests across Bahrain over unpaid-wages and poor working conditions, though only a few of them have received media attention.
[We were unable to find contact information for Ramses Trading Co., one of the named companies, to invite them to respond to the article.]