Saudi Arabia: Companies opt for subcontracting over direct hires, resulting in 'acute & unchecked' exploitation of migrant workers
Resumo
Data informada: 3 Mar 2024
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
Al-Mutairi Support Services - Employer , Kyan Coffee - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Nepal , Restaurantes e Bares , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Direito à Alimentação , Privação da liberdade de expressão , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Irregular Work , Dismissal , Intimidação e Ameaças , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Journalists
Link externo para resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Journalists reached out to the named companies; those linked to this allegation did not respond.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 3 Mar 2024
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
Herald International - Recruiter , National Basics Company - Employer , Al Rashid Trading & Contracting - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Construção Civil , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Contract Substitution , Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Journalist
Link externo para resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: The Journalists reached out to all companies named in the article. The companies linked to this allegation did not respond.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 3 Mar 2024
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
Carrefour - ClientOutros
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Labour SupplierAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Localização desconhecida , Supermercados e Mercearias , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Intimidação e Ameaças , Denial of leave , Fair & Equal Wages , Discriminação/Diversidade: geral , Excessive production targets , Mandatory overtime , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Acesso à Água , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Journalist
Link externo para resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Journalists asked all companies to respond; those linked to this allegation did not.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 3 Mar 2024
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
Rust Burger - Client , NAS Manpower Solutions - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Restaurantes e Bares , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Mandatory overtime , Discriminação/Diversidade: geral , Wage Theft , Fair & Equal Wages , Restricted mobilityResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Journalists
Link externo para resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Journalists reached out to all companies named; NAS Manpower responded. NAS Manpower says the worker’s accusation is “incorrect” and claims that the company is “very cooperative” with all their workers.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 3 Mar 2024
Localização: Arábia Saudita
Empresas
HungerStation (part of Delivery Hero) - Client , Al Saeed General Contracting - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Localização desconhecida , Restaurantes e Bares , Men , Unknown migration status )Temas
Wage Theft , Privação da liberdade de expressão , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Acesso à InformaçãoResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Journalists
Link externo para resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Journalists reached out to all companies named in the report; those linked to this allegation did not respond.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
“Saudi companies opt for subcontracting over direct hires, resulting in acute and unchecked exploitation”
…When recruitment agents in Kathmandu told him about a job opportunity at Saudi Aramco… he paid 150,000 rupees (US$ 1,115) to the firm…
Ten Nepali migrant workers interviewed for this story recounted to Migrant-Rights.org similar experiences...
Ranjit’s employer turned out to be National Basics Company…he now works for Al-Rashid Trading & Contracting…
…the agency, Herald International Pvt Ltd, misled him…
…Al Mutairi sent him to work as a barista at a Kyan coffee shop…
…A food delivery worker at Hunger Station in Al Qassim says he got a warning from the manpower supply company when he asked why his salary was delayed…
He has been working through Al Saeed General Contracting…
…Khadka, who worked at the Carrefour warehouse and Barn’s coffee shop through a contractor company, says workers are pressured…
A worker at Rust Burger, who works through NAS Manpower Solutions…shared a similar story…NAS Manpower says the worker’s accusation is “incorrect” and claims that the company is “very cooperative” with all their workers.
A current worker at Barn’s Coffee says his supplier also asked him for a 5,000 riyals…
[Journalists researched out to all companies named in the article; only NAS Manpower solutions provided a comment].