"Workers file complaint over unpaid salaries" 22 May 2021

MORE than 30 expatriate labourers have filed a complaint over non-payment of wages for months, with one of them claiming that they have been “barely surviving on bread and water” after working for almost 12 hours a day.

The desperate Cameroonians – employees of Professional Touch for Services – approached the Labour and Social Development Ministry on Tuesday after waking up to a shocking crime in their labour camp in Ma’meer...

A total of 34 employees went to the Labour Ministry and were asked to fill a form with their grievances.

“We have given that to an official – we don’t know who it is though,” another worker said.

Meanwhile, the company owner, who only identified himself as Hashim, denied their claims and said Covid-19 protocols were being followed at the camp.

“The company had provided a cleaner and all items for disinfection and as per Health Ministry rules, we don’t have any positive (Covid-19) case yet.”

The Arab national also denied wages were pending for employees.

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