Uganda: High court finds recruitment agencies liable of negligence leading to death, fined USD 68,000
摘要
日期: 2024年10月8日
地点: 沙特阿拉伯
企业
Horeb Services Uganda - Recruiter , Al Manasa Recruitment Agency - Recruiter受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 乌干达 , 家佣中介公司 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
死亡 , 信息获取 , 心理健康 , Work & Conditions回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: The worker's family was awarded compensation and damages. The court found they had suffered mental and psychological pain on finding their relative had died and was buried without the consent or consultation of her family.
信息来源: News outlet
"Family of maid who died in Saudi Arabia awarded Shs250m" , 8 October 2023.
High Court Justice Boniface Wamala directed Horeb Services Uganda , a labour export firm and its managing director, Ezra Mugisha, to compensate the family of the late Milly Namutamba and meet legal cost of the trial...
...Justice Wamala said the company’s failure to inform the family about Namutaba's passing and interment could not go unpunished...
...he awarded the family Shs200m and Shs50m in general and exemplary damages , respectively. The late Namutamba's daughter, desire Namale, and brother, charles Muyingo Mutasa had asked for Shs700m in damages...
...the judge further held that other workers exported by the companies had also been treated poorly and controls designed to improve oversight and accountability bypassed...
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