'I'm trapped:' the UAE migrant workers left stranded by Covid-19 job losses
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Abr 2020
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Empresas
Accor - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 2
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Hoteles , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Sri Lanka , Hoteles , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadas , Retención de pasaportes , Personal Health , Robo de salariosRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Resource Centre; Journalist
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: Accor stated to the Guardian that they were providing all workers at their hotels with food and accommodation, and that no workers at either of the hotels was being made redundant. In response to the Resource Centre's invitation to respond to the workers' concerns regarding delayed final salary, recruitment debts and the impossibility of social distancing in accommodation, the company did not disclose further information beyond reaffirming that they are abiding by local labour law in all jurisdictions where they have properties.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Bipul was earning AED 1,000 (£218) per month, working up to 11 hours a day, six days a week at the Pullman Hotel in Sharjah, which is managed by Accor...
Bipul’s final salary instalment and passport are being held by the company until flight restrictions are lifted... he is now stranded and penniless...
most hotels are shut, leaving very low paid migrant workers... stranded in the country with no prospect of earning...
Accor is still providing its blue-collar migrant workers with food and accommodation...
“No redundancies have been made at Pullman Sharjah and Marjan Island Resort & Spa as a result of the possible impact that Covid-19 is having on business levels,” said Accor in a statement. The company did not respond to questions about salary levels and working conditions.