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Article

17 Jul 2019

Author:
Saman Haziq, Khaleej Times

UAE-based worker gets unpaid salaries, reunites with family

Prem Sagar was one among the 300 unpaid workers at a labour accommodation… [he] is the first from the affected lot of workers to receive all his unpaid salaries and end of service benefits. He was given around Dh5,600 in cash by the company officials after the intervention of the Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs… Dar Al Ber Society helped him and chipped in and gifted him a free ticket to his home town in Andhra Pradesh… DABS organised a relief camp for [the workers in June], offering free food and health check-ups. DABS has also installed two water coolers at the labour accommodation recently.