Migrant workers to the Gulf laid off, stranded on unpaid leave & facing wage delays
Summary
Date Reported: 16 May 2020
Location: United Arab Emirates
Other
Not Reported ( Hotel ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - India , Hotel , Gender not reported )Issues
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 16 May 2020
Location: United Arab Emirates
Other
Not Reported ( Tourism ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 10 - India , Tourism , Gender not reported )Issues
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: One of the workers had contacted the Indian embassy to get a booking onto one of the repatriation flights India has organised to return workers home, but did not hear back despite informing them that he had neither a job nor money.
Source type: News outlet
"Coronavirus leaves Gulf migrant workers stranded," 16 May 2020
[One migrant worker was] laid off by the [Dubai] hotel where he worked.
[which] cut down its operation after the coronavirus pandemic... It did not even pay Mr Kumar for the last month that he worked...
[Another worker] shares a room with nine other Indian workers. All of them used to work for a travel firm [in the UAE], but they were laid off in February... [he] is owed two months' salary.
"I was hoping get a booking on one of the flights that flew to India last week, but I didn't get a call back from the Indian consulate. I wrote to them that I have no job and no money," he said.