Saudi Arabia: Companies opt for subcontracting over direct hires, resulting in 'acute & unchecked' exploitation of migrant workers
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 3 Mär 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Kyan Coffee - Client , Al-Mutairi Support Services - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Restaurants & Bars , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Recht auf Nahrung , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Irregular Work , Dismissal , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalists
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Journalists reached out to the named companies; those linked to this allegation did not respond.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 3 Mär 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Herald International - Recruiter , National Basics Company - Employer , Al Rashid Trading & Contracting - ClientBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Nepal , Bau , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Contract Substitution , PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The Journalists reached out to all companies named in the article. The companies linked to this allegation did not respond.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 3 Mär 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Carrefour - ClientAndere
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Labour SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Location unknown , Supermärkte , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Denial of leave , Fair & Equal Wages , Diskriminierung/Diversity: Aktuelles , Excessive production targets , Mandatory overtime , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wasserzugang , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Journalists asked all companies to respond; those linked to this allegation did not.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 3 Mär 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Rust Burger - Client , NAS Manpower Solutions - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Restaurants & Bars , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Mandatory overtime , Diskriminierung/Diversity: Aktuelles , Wage Theft , Fair & Equal Wages , Restricted mobilityAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalists
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Journalists reached out to all companies named; NAS Manpower responded. NAS Manpower says the worker’s accusation is “incorrect” and claims that the company is “very cooperative” with all their workers.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 3 Mär 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
HungerStation (part of Delivery Hero) - Client , Al Saeed General Contracting - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Location unknown , Eilzustellung , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Informationszugang , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalists
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Journalists reached out to all companies named in the report; those linked to this allegation did not respond.
Art der Quelle: NGO
“Saudi companies opt for subcontracting over direct hires, resulting in acute and unchecked exploitation”
…When recruitment agents in Kathmandu told him about a job opportunity at Saudi Aramco… he paid 150,000 rupees (US$ 1,115) to the firm…
Ten Nepali migrant workers interviewed for this story recounted to Migrant-Rights.org similar experiences...
Ranjit’s employer turned out to be National Basics Company…he now works for Al-Rashid Trading & Contracting…
…the agency, Herald International Pvt Ltd, misled him…
…Al Mutairi sent him to work as a barista at a Kyan coffee shop…
…A food delivery worker at Hunger Station in Al Qassim says he got a warning from the manpower supply company when he asked why his salary was delayed…
He has been working through Al Saeed General Contracting…
…Khadka, who worked at the Carrefour warehouse and Barn’s coffee shop through a contractor company, says workers are pressured…
A worker at Rust Burger, who works through NAS Manpower Solutions…shared a similar story…NAS Manpower says the worker’s accusation is “incorrect” and claims that the company is “very cooperative” with all their workers.
A current worker at Barn’s Coffee says his supplier also asked him for a 5,000 riyals…
[Journalists researched out to all companies named in the article; only NAS Manpower solutions provided a comment].