Wage theft & no mechanism to fight leaves Indian migrants in a fix
要約
Date Reported: 2020年6月2日
場所: カタール
その他
Not Reported ( 金融及び銀行 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - インド , 金融及び銀行 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
Migrant workers in the Arab Gulf [are] subjected to “wage theft” during COVID-19 who are forced to work for new unwritten and unsigned “contracts” where salary, overtime, and other benefits are cut...
if a worker is not ready to adjust to new “contracts”, then he is allowed to quit without dues and end of service benefits cleared. When the removed worker opts for repatriation, he is not given either a platform or enough time to file a legal remedy for his loss...
Repatriation... is happening hastily so that workers do not get to claim their unpaid wages...
employers are taking advantage of mass repatriation programs to terminate and return workers who have not been paid their due compensation, wages and benefits.