Indian worker returns from UAE 14 years after co. failed to pay accident compensation
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 25 Sep 2020
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Otro
Not Reported ( Sector no comunicado/aplicable ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - India - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Lesiones/Heridas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Withholding Passports , Personal Health , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: The worker was helped by a social worker who stated he was "struggling for accommodation" and dependent on aid from other workers. His over stay fines were cleared and she bought him a flight ticket.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"Indian visitor in UAE to fly home after 14 years, Dh500,000 fine waiver," 25 Sep 2020
A stranded Indian visitor for 14 years in the UAE is finally returning home on September 26...
Thanks to the efforts of a social worker in the UAE, his fines of over half a million (Dh511,200) have also been waived off, paving the way for his exit...
Soon after he landed in the UAE... Raghavlu was injured in a road accident while travelling in his company vehicle. The accident left injuries to his hand, leg and neck. For four years, he tried to get compensation from the company where he worked. He even hired a lawyer, who took his passport...
He said during one of the amnesty programmes by the UAE government, Raghavlu managed to secure an outpass to leave the country, but did not have money for his flight ticket...
Lawyer and social worker Sheela Thomas said she found Raghavlu in a desperate state. “He was struggling for accommodation. He was living off the generosity of some other blue collar workers..."