McDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged foreign worker exploitation
الملخص
Date Reported: 10 أكتوبر 2023
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Clientأخرى
Not Reported ( Hospitality ) - Labour Supplierالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الفيلبين , التنظيف والصيانة , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - آسيا والمحيط الهادىء , الفنادق , Gender not reported )القضايا
احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , الحق في الغذاء , Wage Theftالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 10 أكتوبر 2023
الموقع: عُمان
الشركات
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Siteالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - آسيا والمحيط الهادىء - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )القضايا
Restricted mobility , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العملالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
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الإجراءات المتخذة: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 10 أكتوبر 2023
الموقع: الكويت
الشركات
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Siteالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - آسيا والمحيط الهادىء , الفنادق , Gender not reported )القضايا
احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العملالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 10 أكتوبر 2023
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Riyadh International Catering Corp. (RICC) - Employer , McDonald's - Clientأخرى
Not Reported ( وكالات التوظيف ) - Recruiterالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , المطاعم والحانات , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الفيلبين , المطاعم والحانات , Gender not reported )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Harassment (other than sexual) , الحرمان من حرية التنقل , Restricted mobilityالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: Responses from RICC and McDonald's to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 23 أكتوبر 2023
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Chuck E Cheese (part of CEC Entertainment) - Siteالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الفيلبين , المطاعم والحانات , Gender not reported )القضايا
الترهيب والتهديد , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Restricted mobility , الحق في الغذاء , Wage Theftالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
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الإجراءات المتخذة: CEC did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment. Some comments are published in the Guardian coverage.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 10 أكتوبر 2023
الموقع: الإمارات العربية المتحدة
الشركات
Chuck E Cheese (part of CEC Entertainment) - Siteالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - آسيا والمحيط الهادىء , المطاعم والحانات , Gender not reported )القضايا
احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , الترهيب والتهديد , Restricted mobilityالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: CEC did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment. Some comments are published in the Guardian coverage.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
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[McDonald's workers] Lee and Sunar are among nearly 100 migrant laborers from Asia who say they’ve been subjected to repressive labor practices while working at the Persian Gulf locations of four well-known American and British brands: McDonald’s, Amazon, Chuck E Cheese and the InterContinental Hotels Group.
The current and former workers say independent employment agents in their home countries coerced them into paying exorbitant recruiting fees, while labor contractors and workplace supervisors in Saudi Arabia and other destination countries subjected them to abuses that included confiscating their passports and limiting their freedom to leave their jobs...
The workers who provided information for this investigation were employed through various arrangements. Workers for McDonald’s, Chuck E Cheese and the UK-headquartered InterContinental Hotels Group in the region are mostly direct employees of franchise holders or other local partners. Workers who say they came to Saudi Arabia from Nepal to work directly for Amazon instead discovered they were employed by Saudi labor supply firms that placed them in contract positions at the online retail giant...
In a statement, a representative from McDonald’s Corporation headquarters in Chicago called the abuses detailed in the workers’ accounts “extremely troubling”. The statement said the global corporation updated its “ethical recruitment” standards last year to provide “a consistent approach” to protecting workers. These standards require that “no migrant worker pays for recruitment fees and related costs to secure their employment”, the statement said...
RICC, the major McDonald’s franchisee in Saudi Arabia, did not answer questions for this story, but said in a statement that it was in the process of updating its employment standards to align with McDonald’s enhanced recruitment standards. “Nothing is more important than ensuring the safety and respect of the employees who keep our restaurants running every day,” RICC said.
Amazon said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned” some of its contract workers were not treated with “the dignity and respect they deserve”. The InterContinental Hotels Group and the Chuck E Cheese brand’s parent, CEC Entertainment, said they took fair treatment of workers very seriously...
Many of the 97 current and former workers interviewed for this story agreed to be identified by name. Others spoke on the condition that their identities not be revealed because of concerns about retaliation. To support their accounts, workers provided photos, videos and copies of hundreds of documents, including paystubs, work certificates, passports, employment contracts and plane tickets...