Bahrain: Repatriated Indian worker alleges labour abuse including long hours, harassment and unpaid wages
Summary
Date Reported: 20 Jan 2020
Location: Bahrain
Other
Not Reported ( Catering & food services ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - India , Catering & food services , Gender not reported )Issues
Forced Labour & Modern Slavery , Recruitment Fees , Contract Substitution , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Personal Health , Wage Theft , Freedom of MovementResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The worker was able to get in touch with social workers who negotiated for the release of his passport and his repatriation.
Source type: 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.