Huge recruitment fees charged for jobs in the Gulf; Qatar recruiters accused of demanding the highest commissions
摘要
日期: 2022年6月25日
地點: 卡塔爾
企業
GSS Certis (Certis subsidiary) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 2
移民和移民工人: ( 2 - 肯亞 , 安保公司 , Gender not reported )議題
招聘費用回應
已邀請回應:是,由The Resource Centre
載有回應的故事: (查看更多)
後續行動: In July 2022, the Resource Centre reached out to GSS Certis for a response on the allegations mentioned in the Migrant-Rights report. GSS Certis provided a statement instating their commitment to ethical recruitment practices.
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2022年6月25日
地點: 沙烏地阿拉伯
其他
Not Reported ( 安保公司 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 2
移民和移民工人: ( 2 - 地點未知 , 安保公司 , Gender not reported )議題
招聘費用回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: None reported.
資訊來源: NGO
Migrant workers and recruitment agents from Kenya say the cost of recruitment to the Gulf, particularly Qatar, has risen dramatically in the last five years. Several individual agents and associations based in Nairobi and Mombasa claim that human resource (HR) consultants recruiting for Qatar-based companies demand exorbitant fees...
On an average, workers pay between US$900 and 1200 for a job. Kenya permits charging workers not more than one month’s proposed salary. This is legal, though it contravenes the fair recruitment guidelines. In Qatar, monthly salaries are roughly between the minimum wage of US$275 and up to US$320 in the security sector. Any fees charged over and above that are divided between recruiters in destination and recruiters...
Charging workers recruitment fees is illegal in most GCC states, but regulations are applied narrowly — and ineffectively — to any transactions that might take place in destination countries. Fees paid at origin are considered out of their jurisdiction. However, there is scant due diligence done on where fees charged in origin may end up, including in the coffers of businesses or recruiters based at destination. A few big organisations do claim to reimburse recruitment fees, but this usually requires workers to provide some kind of invoice or paper trail, which is rarely available. In general, GCC states provide poor grievance mechanisms to workers charged illegal fees.