Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
Summary
Date Reported: 13 Oct 2019
Location: Bahrain
Companies
Ramses Trading Co. - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Construction , Gender not reported )Issues
Freedom of Expression , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The protests were dispersed by riot police.
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 13 Oct 2019
Location: Bahrain
Companies
Sonar Security - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 200
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Bangladesh , Security companies , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Security companies , Gender not reported )Issues
Violence , Intimidation , Freedom of Expression , Wage Theft , ImprisonmentResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Migrant-Rights.org
Action taken: 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.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 13 Oct 2019
Location: Bahrain
Companies
Zone Security - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 200
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Bangladesh , Security companies , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Security companies , Gender not reported )Issues
Freedom of Expression , Wage Theft , Imprisonment , Intimidation , ViolenceResponse
Response sought: Yes, by NGO
Action taken: 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.
Source type: 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.]