McDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged foreign worker exploitation
要約
Date Reported: 2023年10月10日
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Clientその他
Not Reported ( Hospitality ) - Labour Supplier関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , クリーニング及びメンテナンス , Gender not reported ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - アジア・太平洋 , ホテル , Gender not reported )課題
身分証明書の取り上げ , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 食の権利 , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年10月10日
場所: オマーン
企業
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Site関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - アジア・太平洋 - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )課題
Restricted mobility , 身分証明書の取り上げ回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年10月10日
場所: クウェート
企業
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Site関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - アジア・太平洋 , ホテル , Gender not reported )課題
身分証明書の取り上げ回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年10月10日
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
Riyadh International Catering Corp. (RICC) - Employer , McDonald's - Clientその他
Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ネパール , レストラン及びバー , Gender not reported ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , レストラン及びバー , Gender not reported )課題
採用費 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Harassment (other than sexual) , 移動の自由の否定 , Restricted mobility回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Responses from RICC and McDonald's to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年10月23日
場所: サウジアラビア
企業
Chuck E Cheese (part of CEC Entertainment) - Site関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , レストラン及びバー , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , 身分証明書の取り上げ , Restricted mobility , 食の権利 , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: CEC did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment. Some comments are published in the Guardian coverage.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年10月10日
場所: アラブ首長国連邦
企業
Chuck E Cheese (part of CEC Entertainment) - Site関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - アジア・太平洋 , レストラン及びバー , Gender not reported )課題
身分証明書の取り上げ , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: CEC did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment. Some comments are published in the Guardian coverage.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
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[McDonald's workers] Lee and Sunar are among nearly 100 migrant laborers from Asia who say they’ve been subjected to repressive labor practices while working at the Persian Gulf locations of four well-known American and British brands: McDonald’s, Amazon, Chuck E Cheese and the InterContinental Hotels Group.
The current and former workers say independent employment agents in their home countries coerced them into paying exorbitant recruiting fees, while labor contractors and workplace supervisors in Saudi Arabia and other destination countries subjected them to abuses that included confiscating their passports and limiting their freedom to leave their jobs...
The workers who provided information for this investigation were employed through various arrangements. Workers for McDonald’s, Chuck E Cheese and the UK-headquartered InterContinental Hotels Group in the region are mostly direct employees of franchise holders or other local partners. Workers who say they came to Saudi Arabia from Nepal to work directly for Amazon instead discovered they were employed by Saudi labor supply firms that placed them in contract positions at the online retail giant...
In a statement, a representative from McDonald’s Corporation headquarters in Chicago called the abuses detailed in the workers’ accounts “extremely troubling”. The statement said the global corporation updated its “ethical recruitment” standards last year to provide “a consistent approach” to protecting workers. These standards require that “no migrant worker pays for recruitment fees and related costs to secure their employment”, the statement said...
RICC, the major McDonald’s franchisee in Saudi Arabia, did not answer questions for this story, but said in a statement that it was in the process of updating its employment standards to align with McDonald’s enhanced recruitment standards. “Nothing is more important than ensuring the safety and respect of the employees who keep our restaurants running every day,” RICC said.
Amazon said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned” some of its contract workers were not treated with “the dignity and respect they deserve”. The InterContinental Hotels Group and the Chuck E Cheese brand’s parent, CEC Entertainment, said they took fair treatment of workers very seriously...
Many of the 97 current and former workers interviewed for this story agreed to be identified by name. Others spoke on the condition that their identities not be revealed because of concerns about retaliation. To support their accounts, workers provided photos, videos and copies of hundreds of documents, including paystubs, work certificates, passports, employment contracts and plane tickets...