Bahrain: Report finds migrant workers continue to bear cost of salary non-payments, despite protections
要約
Date Reported: 2019年10月13日
場所: バーレーン
企業
Ramses Trading Co. - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 建設 , Gender not reported )課題
表現の自由の否定 , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: The protests were dispersed by riot police.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2019年10月13日
場所: バーレーン
企業
Sonar Security - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 200
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ , 警備会社 , Gender not reported ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ネパール , 警備会社 , Gender not reported )課題
殴打及び暴力 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , 表現の自由の否定 , Wage Theft , Imprisonment回答
Response sought: Yes, by Migrant-Rights.org
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2019年10月13日
場所: バーレーン
企業
Zone Security - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 200
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ , 警備会社 , Gender not reported ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ネパール , 警備会社 , Gender not reported )課題
表現の自由の否定 , Wage Theft , Imprisonment , 威嚇及び脅迫 , 殴打及び暴力回答
Response sought: Yes, by NGO
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: 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.]