Oman: Indian workers unpaid, forced to resign & banned from leaving while bank loans outstanding
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 10 Jun 2020
Ubicación: Omán
Otro
Not Reported ( Automóviles y otros automotores ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1350
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1350 - Ubicación desconocida , Automóviles y otros automotores , Gender not reported )Temas
Dismissal , Withholding Passports , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 10 Jun 2020
Ubicación: Omán
Otro
Not Reported ( Construcción ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 100
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - India , Construcción , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 100 - Ubicación desconocida , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"Pending bank loans but no salary: Indian migrants in Oman cannot come back," 10 Jun 2020
Hundreds of Indians who were forced to resign are stuck in the Arab Gulf countries as they do not see any option to clear bank loans taken there.
Without clearing these loans, banks will not provide a ‘no objection certificate’ and without that, companies are refusing to release the passport of Indian workers...
An employer in Oman has no right to retain an employee’s passport, as it is banned by a ministerial decree...
However, in Oman, which follows the Kafala system, the majority of the companies retain employees’ passports.