Indonesia: Delong Nickel accused of restricting workers' freedom through 'systematic wage withholding', arbitrary fines and sexual harassment
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 16 Mai 2024
Standort: Indonesien
Unternehmen
Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Company Ltd. - Employer , PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Women , Documented migrants ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Wage Theft , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobility , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Rassen-/Ethnien-/Kasten-/Herkunfts-Diskriminierung , Contract Substitution , Sexuelle BelästigungAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: In a comment criticizing Delong for not matching its salary package with the recruitment website, Delong also made an "explanation", according to the article. It said, “Due to the different work content and workload of our different overseas departments and projects, there will be differences in wages. The positions in our other departments have been filled. The salary of the position in the department you applied for is slightly different, and the same workload is also different. Please understand.”
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 16 Mai 2024
Standort: Indonesien
Unternehmen
Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Company Ltd. - Other Value Chain EntityAndere
Not Reported ( Metall & Stahl ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Wage Theft , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Recht auf NahrungAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: In a comment criticizing Delong for not matching its salary package with the recruitment website, Delong also made an "explanation", according to the article. It said, “Due to the different work content and workload of our different overseas departments and projects, there will be differences in wages. The positions in our other departments have been filled. The salary of the position in the department you applied for is slightly different, and the same workload is also different. Please understand.”
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 16 Mai 2024
Standort: Indonesien
Unternehmen
Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Company Ltd. - Employer , PT Obsidian Stainless Steel (OSS) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Wage TheftAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: In a comment criticizing Delong for not matching its salary package with the recruitment website, Delong also made an "explanation", according to the article. It said, “Due to the different work content and workload of our different overseas departments and projects, there will be differences in wages. The positions in our other departments have been filled. The salary of the position in the department you applied for is slightly different, and the same workload is also different. Please understand.”
Art der Quelle: News outlet
[Summary translation from Chinese to English provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
Delong, a Chinese company operating nickel industrial parks in Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been accused of systematically withholding wages from its workers, including Chinese migrants, for at least five years since 2019. A video posted on Douyin (Chinese TikTok) in May 2024 alleges that Delong failed to pay wages on its Phase III construction project, reportedly the latest in a pattern of wage withholding from construction, steel, and power plant workers.
According to 2023 reports, Delong's Sulawesi operations employed over 40,000 workers, including nearly 5,000 Chinese migrants. Workers allege that Delong uses wage withholding as a means to control and trap them, as they cannot afford to leave without sacrificing months of unpaid salary. Compounding the abuse, workers report salaries lower than promised, arbitrary fines and deductions, poor living conditions, sexual harassment, and internal corruption.
When workers attempt to demand their pay, Delong managers and security personnel allegedly threaten them with jail time. One worker, Mr. K, described the experience as a scam, leaving workers with little after fines and unable to recoup recruitment fees. He has returned to China but is still trying to claim his unpaid wages.