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19 Oct 2020

Author:
Anuradha Nagaraj, Reuters

Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm

Hundreds of Indian migrant workers who were laid off by a construction company in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have filed a rare complaint to the Indian government over unpaid earnings...

More than 280 labourers - who were fired by the Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation before being flown home on chartered flights in July - are part of what is believed to be the biggest collective case of its kind...

the workers had been at the firm for at least five years - some over a decade - and were entitled to a “substantial amount” in outstanding end-of-contract benefits...

The Indian embassy in Riyadh said the workers’ complaint had been taken up with the company and Saudi officials this month, and that it was awaiting a response on the matter...

The Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation - which describes itself on its website as the largest industrial contractor in the Middle East - did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

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