After leaving the grind in Asia, Filipino women find exploitation in Poland
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 17 Apr 2024
Standort: Polen
Andere
Not Reported ( Nahrung & Getränke ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Herstellung: Allgemein , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Informationszugang , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Occupational Health & Safety , Verweigerung der freien MeinungsäußerungAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 17 Apr 2024
Standort: Polen
Andere
Not Reported ( Herstellung: Allgemein ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Herstellung: Allgemein , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Wage Theft , Dismissal , InformationszugangAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 17 Apr 2024
Standort: Polen
Andere
Not Reported ( Hospitality ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Hospitality , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract SubstitutionAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 17 Apr 2024
Standort: Polen
Andere
Not Reported ( Autoteile ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Herstellung: Allgemein , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Denial of leave , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Heat exposure , Excessive production targetsAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 17 Apr 2024
Standort: Polen
Andere
Not Reported ( Nahrung & Getränke ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Philippinen , Herstellung: Allgemein , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract SubstitutionAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 17 Apr 2024
Standort: Polen
Andere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Herstellung: Allgemein , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
… Not long after walking through the doors of an employment agency on the ninth floor of a skyscraper in Hong Kong, Stephanie* was captivated by the idea of working in Poland…
Less than a year later, Stephanie landed in Warsaw, joining the growing ranks of Filipinos filling factories, warehouses, farms, hotels, households and construction sites in Poland…
After getting a job at a poultry factory in a small town in western Poland, Stephanie was paid just 700 zlotys ($175) for a month’s work, she said, a fraction of the some $1,000 promised to her by recruitment agents….
As part of a year-long investigation, Al Jazeera spoke to 22 Filipino women working in Poland, almost all of whom claimed to have suffered exploitation or unfair labour practices, including wage theft and unreasonable salary deductions, unlawful termination, passport confiscation, and being forced to sign documents in a language they did not understand.
The majority of the women reported receiving lower salaries than promised by agents who charged them recruitment fees as high as $5,000 – well above limits set by the Philippine government and also at odds with Polish regulations….