Rideshare platforms in Qatar: Big business, poor ethics
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 5 Abr 2022
Ubicación: Catar
Empresas
Careem (part of Uber) - Client , Uber - ClientOtro
Not Reported ( Transporte: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Kenia , Transporte: General , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadas , Derecho a la alimentación , Tasas de contrataciónRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Resource Centre; Migrant-Rights.org
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: None reported. Migrant-Rights.org invited Careem and Uber to respond to a set of questions regarding their responsibilities towards workers employed by limousine companies driving under their apps; Careem responded. The Resource Centre also invited Uber to respond; they did not.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 5 Abr 2022
Ubicación: Catar
Empresas
Uber - Client , Careem (part of Uber) - ClientOtro
Not Reported ( Transporte: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Transporte: General , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Salarios precarios , Salud personalRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Migrant-Rights.org; Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: None reported. Migrant-Rights.org invited Careem and Uber to respond to a set of questions regarding their responsibilities towards workers employed by limousine companies driving under their apps; Careem responded. The Resource Centre also invited Uber to respond; they did not.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 5 Abr 2022
Ubicación: Catar
Empresas
Uber - Client , Careem (part of Uber) - ClientOtro
Not Reported ( Transporte: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Pakistán , Transporte: General , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Salarios precarios , Movilidad restringida , Negación de la libertad de movimiento , Tasas de contrataciónRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Migrant-Rights.org; Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: None reported. Migrant-Rights.org invited Careem and Uber to respond to a set of questions regarding their responsibilities towards workers employed by limousine companies driving under their apps; Careem responded. The Resource Centre also invited Uber to respond; they did not.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
In Qatar, Uber requires that the drivers be sponsored by a limousine company and that their vehicles also be registered under a limousine company.
In fact, the drivers are exploited twice over – by being excluded from any labour protections by Uber and Careem, whose main relationship is with the limousine company, and denied the labour protections that technically exist by law, as a sponsored employee in Qatar...
The migrant drivers are unlikely to own their vehicles and even those who own vehicles, usually through mortgages paid to the sponsor, will have to pay a fee to their sponsoring limousine company, since Uber’s terms stipulate that the drivers in Qatar must be associated with a limousine company. The terms are different in Dubai and Abu Dhabi but just as exploitative – showing pragmatic flexibility in ensuring profits, but in complete denial of the price drivers pay for that...
Migrant-Rights.Org interviewed dozens of drivers from Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Ghana, both individually and as informal groups, and their experiences are strikingly similar. The drivers all work in grey areas of the labour law, having the appearance of complete autonomy over the terms of their employment, though in reality, remaining inextricably linked to their sponsor.