Bahrain: Repatriated Indian worker alleges labour abuse including long hours, harassment and unpaid wages
الملخص
Date Reported: 20 يناير 2020
الموقع: البحرين
أخرى
Not Reported ( خدمات توريد الأغذية الجاهزة ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 1
عمال مهاجرون: ( 1 - الهند , خدمات توريد الأغذية الجاهزة , Gender not reported )القضايا
العمل القسري , رسوم التوظيف , Contract Substitution , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Personal Health , Wage Theft , الحرمان من حرية التنقلالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The worker was able to get in touch with social workers who negotiated for the release of his passport and his repatriation.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
"Social workers help expatriate 'tortured by employer' fly home," 20 Jan 2020
Social workers successfully rescued an [Indian] worker, who was allegedly held captive and subjected to forced labour by his employer... he was recruited by an agent to work with a private firm...
"Upon arrival in the Kingdom, I was offered a different job as a worker in a restaurant... The employer began harassing me from the first day of work" [he said]...
The situation became worse as the employer refused to pay him wages...
the employer was initially reluctant to release [the worker's] passport.