Qatar: Migrant workers for Qatar Star Services reportedly face abuse incl. passport confiscation & wage abuse
Summary
Date Reported: 6 Dec 2022
Location: Qatar
Companies
Qatar Security Services (QSS) - Employer , FIFA - PartnerProjects
Khalifa International Stadium - ClientAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Kenya , Security companies , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - India , Security companies , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Uganda , Security companies , Gender not reported )Issues
Injuries , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Occupational Health & Safety , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Intimidation , Mandatory overtimeResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Action taken: Josimar contacted FIFA, the Supreme Committee and Qatar Security Service but they did not respond.
Source type: News outlet
"The invisibles", 06 Dec 2022
In the afternoon, Pradip from Mumbai is dispatched to the Al Khalifa Stadium to serve in hospitality, as he did in the VVIP (‘Very, Very Important People’) area of the Al Bayt Stadium. With no days off, he too complains of back pains. At the International Broadcasting Centre, Daniel is standing on his feet for hours in the late afternoon. He has a swollen ankle and spent time at the hospital...
A self-described ‘industrial catering giant’, Qatar Star Services (QSS), the employer of Joseph, Robert and Eliud, is a Fifa partner that in the past also served Qatar University, Georgetown University, Qatar Foundation, Hamad Hospital, and the Amiri Guard...
QSS seems to have an alternative definition of worker welfare. Labour abuses exist in a myriad of shapes and forms in Qatar – passport confiscation, wage abuse, a lack of health care coverage, false claims of absconding and, of course, inhumane long working hours as well as not paying overtime...
...Fifa, the Supreme Committee for Legacy and Delivery and Qatar Star Services did not reply to a request for comment.