Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
Résumé
Date indiquée: 13 Oct 2019
Lieu: Bahreïn
Entreprises
Ramses Trading Co. - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Construction , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Déni de liberté d'expression , Wage TheftRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The protests were dispersed by riot police.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 13 Oct 2019
Lieu: Bahreïn
Entreprises
Sonar Security - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 200
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bangladesh , Sociétés de sécurité , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Népal , Sociétés de sécurité , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Coups et violence , Intimidation et menaces , Déni de liberté d'expression , Wage Theft , ImprisonmentRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Migrant-Rights.org
Mesures prises: 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.
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 13 Oct 2019
Lieu: Bahreïn
Entreprises
Zone Security - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 200
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bangladesh , Sociétés de sécurité , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Népal , Sociétés de sécurité , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Déni de liberté d'expression , Wage Theft , Imprisonment , Intimidation et menaces , Coups et violenceRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par NGO
Mesures prises: 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.
Type de source: 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.]