Uganda: High court finds recruitment agencies liable of negligence leading to death, fined USD 68,000
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 8 Okt 2024
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Horeb Services Uganda - Recruiter , Al Manasa Recruitment Agency - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Uganda , Agenturen für Hauspersonal , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Tote , Informationszugang , Mentale Gesundheit , Work & ConditionsAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The worker's family was awarded compensation and damages. The court found they had suffered mental and psychological pain on finding their relative had died and was buried without the consent or consultation of her family.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"Family of maid who died in Saudi Arabia awarded Shs250m" , 8 October 2023.
High Court Justice Boniface Wamala directed Horeb Services Uganda , a labour export firm and its managing director, Ezra Mugisha, to compensate the family of the late Milly Namutamba and meet legal cost of the trial...
...Justice Wamala said the company’s failure to inform the family about Namutaba's passing and interment could not go unpunished...
...he awarded the family Shs200m and Shs50m in general and exemplary damages , respectively. The late Namutamba's daughter, desire Namale, and brother, charles Muyingo Mutasa had asked for Shs700m in damages...
...the judge further held that other workers exported by the companies had also been treated poorly and controls designed to improve oversight and accountability bypassed...
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