1200 workers from a single Qatari company stranded
摘要
日期: 2018年5月14日
地点: 卡塔尔
企业
Alaqaria - Unknown , HKH General Contracting - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1200
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 菲律宾 , 建筑 , Gender not reported ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 斯里兰卡 , 建筑 , Gender not reported ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 建筑 , Gender not reported ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 印度 , 建筑 , Gender not reported )议题
食物权 , 招聘费 , Failing to renew visas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Personal Health , Wage Theft回应
已邀请回应：是，由Resource Centre
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后续行动: Pressure from rights organisations resulted in water and electricity being restored, but the employed staff continued to face issues and were threatened with eviction. Complaints were registered directly with HKH Contracing, at the Indian, Nepal and Bangladesh embassies who wrote to the company and provided relief where possible. Workers registered complaints with: the Qatari Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs; with the human rights office of the Ministry of Interior; and, with the NHRC, who coordinated with a Qatar charity, Indian embassy, Nepal embassy and Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF). A complaints mechanism failed to pick up reports of delayed and non-payment of wages, failure to renew visas, and unsafe conditions. The case was referred to the ILO's new project office in Qatar.
信息来源: NGO
About 1200 workers from HKH Contracting Co have been left stranded in Qatar after not being paid for several months... For several weeks, the workers went without running water or electricity, depending on Qatar Red Crescent, the Indian Community Benevolent Fund and other community organisations for help and relief supplies, including diesel to power the generators... For several years now, workers say their salaries have been delayed by a few months every time. According to records MR received, between September 2016 and August 2017, five of the payments took six to ten weeks to be processed. On 1 October 2017, when the June salary had still not been credited, workers filed a formal complaint to the management. A verbal assurance was given that ‘everything would be sorted out’ and everyone went back to work. However, things continued to deteriorate and as of now, the staff haven’t received salaries since September 2017... HKH charged their staff visa renewal fees until 2016. Most of the workers did not have a health card. With delayed salaries, it was not always possible for the workers to cough up the fee for work permit renewal...