Months before World Cup, workers forced to return home early and with pending dues
Resumo
Data informada: 4 Set 2022
Localização: Quatar
Empresas
Al Bandary Engineering - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Engenharia , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Demissão , Taxas de Recrutamento , Mobilidade restrita , Intimidação e Ameaças , Personal Health , Roubo de salários , Privação da liberdade de ir e virResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre and Migrant-Rights.org
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: The Resource Centre and Migrant-Rights.org reached out to Al Bandary Engineering for a response but they did not provide one.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 4 Set 2022
Localização: Quatar
Empresas
Hassanesco - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 2
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 2 - Nepal , Construção Civil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Demissão , Direito à Alimentação , Roubo de saláriosResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Migrant-Rights.org.
Link externo para resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: In periods when the workers were not getting paid and did not get food, they would go out and protest at the company's headquarters. Migrant-Rights.org reached out to Hassanesco; they responded saying the firing of employees has been done in accordance with Qatari laws, and that all dues have been settled.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 4 Set 2022
Localização: Quatar
Empresas
Electrowatt - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Construção Civil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Demissão , Retenção de documentos de identificação , Intimidação e Ameaças , Mobilidade restrita , Roubo de salários , Privação da liberdade de ir e virResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre and Migrant-Rights.org
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: The Resource Centre and Migrant-Rights.org both reached out Electro Watt for a response; they did not respond.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 4 Set 2022
Localização: Quatar
Empresas
Al Samit Manpower - Recruiter , FIFA - Partner , Redco International - EmployerProjetos
974 Stadium (previously called Ras Abu Aboud) - Client , Lusail Stadium - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 2
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 2 - Nepal , Construção Civil , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Demissão , Taxas de Recrutamento , Roubo de saláriosResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre and Migrant-Rights.org
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Redco Intl. did not respond to either request for a response.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 4 Set 2022
Localização: Quatar
Empresas
Bin Omran Trading and Contracting - Employer , FIFA - PartnerProjetos
Al Bayt Stadium - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 2 - Nepal , Construção Civil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Demissão , Discriminação/Diversidade: geral , Roubo de saláriosResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por The Resource Centre and Migrant-Rights.org
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: The Resource Centre and Migrant Rights.org reached out to Bin Omran Trading and Contracting but they did not provide a response.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
...A Migrant-Rights.org investigation uncovered a number of violations against Nepali migrant workers who were sent home by their companies. According to documents obtained by MR and testimonies from returnee workers, major construction companies repatriated workers before their contracts ended. The workers say they were removed from their jobs with no proper notice and communication, and without receiving their full dues. Some were told they were on ‘long leave,’ and therefore did not receive their end-of-service benefits, but it is unclear if they really can return to Qatar to work once the football tournament ends...
Workers who raise their voices against wage theft and exploitation often face detention and deportation, as in the recent case involving Al Bandary Engineering and Electrowatt employees. About 200 workers from the two companies, which are both subsidiaries of the Bandary International Group, protested on the streets of Doha on 14 August 2022. Over 60 were detained and deported, while 140 remain in the country awaiting their dues...
[Also refers to Redco Intl., Bin Omran Trading, Hassenesco, Al Samit].