4 ديسمبر 2024
“Die First, and I'll Pay You Later”: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Saudi Manpower Supply Company (SMASCO) - Employer , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entityالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Irregular Work , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Restricted mobility , Contract Substitution , رسوم التوظيف , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditionsالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The company did not respond to HRW. Researchers identified Saudi Manpower Supply Company as a company either specifically engaged in either PIF-linked projects such as NEOM and the Red Sea Project or backed or partially owned by PIF or serve other PIF-backed companies.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Red Sea Global - Other Value Chain Entity , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entityأخرى
Not Reported ( وكالات التوظيف ) - Recruiterالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Restricted mobility , Contract Substitutionالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: Red Sea Global did not respond to HRW
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Takamol Holding - Other Value Chain Entityأخرى
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الحصول على المعلوماتالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: In their response to a Human Rights Watch question on the number of successfully completed job transfer requests, Takamol Holding wrote, “Since 2021, a total of 4,389,950 sponsor transfer requests have been submitted via Qiwa platform.” However, Takamol did not share how many transfer requests were successfully completed, nor provide a detailed breakdown on the reasons for rejected requests. In their response on Human Rights Watch’s question about accessibility of the Qiwa platform for migrant workers, Takamol Holding wrote, “Qiwa offers its services in six different languages to cater to the diverse linguistic needs of the workforce in Saudi Arabia. Qiwa also regularly conducts workshops, with a minimum of 50 sessions held annually. Additionally, a knowledge center on the Qiwa website provides detailed service explanations, frequently asked questions, and guidelines.”
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entityأخرى
Not Reported ( البناء ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , البناء , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Restricted mobility , رسوم التوظيف , Contract Substitutionالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
الإجراءات المتخذة: PIF did not respond to HRW.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 40
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )القضايا
Contract Substitution , Irregular Work , الحصول على المعلومات , Restricted mobility , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( التصنيع: عامة ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , التصنيع: عامة , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave , Access to Non-Judicial Remedyالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
NEOM Co. - Other Value Chain Entity , Public Investment Fund - Other Value Chain Entityالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , البناء , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Heat exposure , Restricted mobility , المرض , Occupational Health & Safety , الحق في الغذاء , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الحصول على المياه , Denial of leaveالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Human Rights Watch
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: Human Rights Watch received responses from NEOM, saying they intend to respond in the near future.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الوفيات , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedyالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( التنظيف والصيانة ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 1
عمال مهاجرون: ( 1 - الهند , التنظيف والصيانة , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الوفيات , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedyالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( التنظيف والصيانة ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 1
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , التنظيف والصيانة , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Wage Theft , الوفياتالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( الأطعمة والمشروبات ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 1
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , الأطعمة والمشروبات , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الوفيات , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الحصول على المعلوماتالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( البناء ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 1
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , البناء , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الوفيات , الحصول على المعلوماتالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 4 ديسمبر 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
أخرى
Not Reported ( المفروشات ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , التصنيع: عامة , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Debt Bondageالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: News outlet
...Migrant workers are the engine of Saudi Arabia’s massive construction boom. There are 13.4 million migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, representing 42 percent of the country’s population. Yet despite their indispensable contributions, Human Rights Watch has found, based on interviews with 156 current and former workers from Saudi Arabia or workers’ family members between 2023-2024, that migrant workers are facing widespread labor abuses across employment sectors and geographic regions. Saudi authorities are systematically failing to protect them from and remedy these abuses.
This blatant failure to protect migrant workers creates a near certainty that the 2034 World Cup, which the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has engineered to award to Saudi Arabia as the sole bidder, will be stained with pervasive rights violations...
The FIFA World Cup is just one of the significant planned projects requiring massive construction under Vision 2030. Saudi Arabia’s government has been on a petro-wealth spending spree over the past half decade that has allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to develop megaprojects and self-described “giga-projects” across the country...