Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 13 Okt 2019
Standort: Bahrain
Unternehmen
Ramses Trading Co. - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Bau , Gender not reported )Themen
Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Wage TheftAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The protests were dispersed by riot police.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 13 Okt 2019
Standort: Bahrain
Unternehmen
Sonar Security - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 200
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Sicherheitsfirmen , Gender not reported ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Sicherheitsfirmen , Gender not reported )Themen
Gewaltakte , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Wage Theft , ImprisonmentAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Migrant-Rights.org
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: 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.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 13 Okt 2019
Standort: Bahrain
Unternehmen
Zone Security - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 200
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Sicherheitsfirmen , Gender not reported ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Sicherheitsfirmen , Gender not reported )Themen
Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Wage Theft , Imprisonment , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , GewaltakteAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von NGO
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: 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.
Art der Quelle: 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.]