Two workers stuck in the UAE with no money and food sent home by the Indian Consulate in Dubai
要約
Date Reported: 2019年12月8日
場所: アラブ首長国連邦
企業
Al Maidan Sanitary Contracting and AC Units - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 2
移住者・移民労働者: ( 2 - インド , 建設 , Gender not reported )課題
食の権利 , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: The employees contacted the Indian consulate for help; labour officials launched an investigation into the men's claims and attempted to track down the employer who they were unable to contact. The consulate issued Emergency Certificates for the workers which enabled them to travel home. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre contacted Al Maidan to invite them to respond to the allegations; the company did not respond.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
Jitender Singh Negi, Consul (Consular and Labour) at the Indian Consulate in Dubai said [two] workers contacted him in September, seeking help...
the workers were employed at Al Maidan Sanitary Contracting and AC units, a company based in Sharjah...
“In September, the workers called the consulate to say they had not been paid a salary for three months and that they wanted to go home...
“the employer was absconding. He also has the custody of workers’ passports...
“They were in a miserable state. No passport, no money, no salary and living off the generosity of other people for food.”