"Four Seasons Bahrain workers said to be in wages dispute", 11 March 2015

More than 100 expat employees who worked on the new five-star Four Seasons hotel in Bahrain have allegedly not been paid for two months. The 125 electrical and mechanical staff work for Mercury Contracting, a subcontractor on the newly completed Four Seasons Bahrain Bay project...The hotel, which opened on March 1, is quoted in the article as saying it is not involved in paying the salaries of subcontractors' employees, while a spokeswoman for Mercury Contracting reportedly told the newspaper that wages should have been paid by the main contractor, named in the article as Six Construct.

Update: Pierre Sironval, managing director of Six Construct, issued the following statement to Arabian Business: “We fully understand the reasons behind the workers’ complaints regarding delayed payment of their salaries by our sub-contractor Mercury, who is responsible for satisfying the grievances of their workers. We sympathise with the workers’ plight and hope that Mercury will resolve this matter at the earliest.The name of Six Construct has unfortunately been misused by Mercury and provided the public with false claims. Though Six Construct is the main contractor, it pays Mercury in accordance to their contract. In turn, we expect Mercury to honour its agreement with its employees and workers.”