Bahrain: Striking hotel employees allegedly unpaid for eight months
Summary
Date Reported: 9 Jan 2020
Location: Bahrain
Other
Not Reported ( Hotel ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 20
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Bangladesh , Hotel , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - India , Hotel , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Kenya , Hotel , Gender not reported ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Pakistan , Hotel , Gender not reported )Issues
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The workers took strike action to protest the delayto wages. The workers registered complaints with the police and the Labour and Social Development Ministry. The hotel ignored repetaed summons, failing to attend three meetings with labour officials, and the company was blacklisted by the Ministry. It was repoorted that the Ministry would assist the men to obtain their owed salaries.
Source type: News outlet
"Four-star hotel in Manama blacklisted over unpaid wages," 8 Jan 2020
Authorities have blacklisted a hotel in Manama after reportedly failing to pay its staff for more than eight months.
Around 20 expatriate employees... have allegedly not been paid since May last year, have registered complaints with the police and the Labour and Social Development Ministry...
the hotel management has ignored repeated summons since the complaint was filed last month...
The employees...staged a strike last week following which labour inspectors interfered...
each of them are owed between BD2,500 and BD3,000...
[they] have faced a number of problems including having power cut at their accommodation and not being able to support their families back home.