In September 2022, the Guardian newspaper reported that landscape gardeners employed by Al Sulaiteen and working at Al Bayt Stadium had paid recruitment fees of thousands of dollars to obtain jobs, while receiving very low wages. Workers also reported poor accommodation and that they could not leave employment. Al Sulaiteen did not provide a comment to the Guardian. The Supreme Committee said "individual cases of wrongdoing do not present a full and accurate picture of the changes that have taken place in Qatar"; FIFA said it was in touch with the Supreme Committee over the case.

In March 2023, the Guardian reported that progress on labour rights in Qatar had "slackened" since the end of the tournament. Following the initial report from the Guardian, Al Sulaiteen workers were reportedly moved into better acommodation but now say they are about to be "downgraded" and moved again. Workers had allegedly still not been reimbursed for the recruitment charges they had incurred, as per the Supreme Committee's Universal Reimbursement Scheme. One worker said he had paid GBP1,235 for his job and had taken a loan to afford it; six months later he is still GBP600 in debt.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited FIFA and Al Sulaiteen to provide an update in response to the allegations; their responses can both be read in full below.