McDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged foreign worker exploitation
摘要
日期: 2023年10月10日
地點: 沙烏地阿拉伯
企業
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Client其他
Not Reported ( Hospitality ) - Labour Supplier受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 清潔與保養 , Gender not reported ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 亞洲與太平洋地區 , 酒店/飯店 , Gender not reported )議題
扣留身份證件 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 食物權 , Wage Theft回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Guardian; The Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月10日
地點: 阿曼
企業
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Site受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 亞洲與太平洋地區 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
Restricted mobility , 扣留身份證件回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Guardian; the Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月10日
地點: 科威特
企業
IHG Hotels & Resorts - Site受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 亞洲與太平洋地區 , 酒店/飯店 , Gender not reported )議題
扣留身份證件回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Guardian; the Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: IHG's response to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月10日
地點: 沙烏地阿拉伯
企業
Riyadh International Catering Corp. (RICC) - Employer , McDonald's - Client其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 尼泊爾 , 餐館和酒吧 , Gender not reported ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 餐館和酒吧 , Gender not reported )議題
招聘費用 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Harassment (other than sexual) , 剝奪遷徙自由 , Restricted mobility回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Guardian; Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: Responses from RICC and McDonald's to the Resource Centre can be read in full.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月23日
地點: 沙烏地阿拉伯
企業
Chuck E Cheese (part of CEC Entertainment) - Site受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 餐館和酒吧 , Gender not reported )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , 扣留身份證件 , Restricted mobility , 食物權 , Wage Theft回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Guardian; the Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: CEC did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment. Some comments are published in the Guardian coverage.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月10日
地點: 阿聯酋
企業
Chuck E Cheese (part of CEC Entertainment) - Site受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 亞洲與太平洋地區 , 餐館和酒吧 , Gender not reported )議題
扣留身份證件 , 恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Guardian; the Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: CEC did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment. Some comments are published in the Guardian coverage.
資訊來源: News outlet
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[McDonald's workers] Lee and Sunar are among nearly 100 migrant laborers from Asia who say they’ve been subjected to repressive labor practices while working at the Persian Gulf locations of four well-known American and British brands: McDonald’s, Amazon, Chuck E Cheese and the InterContinental Hotels Group.
The current and former workers say independent employment agents in their home countries coerced them into paying exorbitant recruiting fees, while labor contractors and workplace supervisors in Saudi Arabia and other destination countries subjected them to abuses that included confiscating their passports and limiting their freedom to leave their jobs...
The workers who provided information for this investigation were employed through various arrangements. Workers for McDonald’s, Chuck E Cheese and the UK-headquartered InterContinental Hotels Group in the region are mostly direct employees of franchise holders or other local partners. Workers who say they came to Saudi Arabia from Nepal to work directly for Amazon instead discovered they were employed by Saudi labor supply firms that placed them in contract positions at the online retail giant...
In a statement, a representative from McDonald’s Corporation headquarters in Chicago called the abuses detailed in the workers’ accounts “extremely troubling”. The statement said the global corporation updated its “ethical recruitment” standards last year to provide “a consistent approach” to protecting workers. These standards require that “no migrant worker pays for recruitment fees and related costs to secure their employment”, the statement said...
RICC, the major McDonald’s franchisee in Saudi Arabia, did not answer questions for this story, but said in a statement that it was in the process of updating its employment standards to align with McDonald’s enhanced recruitment standards. “Nothing is more important than ensuring the safety and respect of the employees who keep our restaurants running every day,” RICC said.
Amazon said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned” some of its contract workers were not treated with “the dignity and respect they deserve”. The InterContinental Hotels Group and the Chuck E Cheese brand’s parent, CEC Entertainment, said they took fair treatment of workers very seriously...
Many of the 97 current and former workers interviewed for this story agreed to be identified by name. Others spoke on the condition that their identities not be revealed because of concerns about retaliation. To support their accounts, workers provided photos, videos and copies of hundreds of documents, including paystubs, work certificates, passports, employment contracts and plane tickets...