India: Saudi Arabia returnees reportedly not receiving severance pay following COVID-19 job losses, despite labour law provision
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 10 Oct 2020
Ubicación: Arabia Saudita
Otro
Not Reported ( Construcción ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - India , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 10 Oct 2020
Ubicación: Arabia Saudita
Empresas
Nasser S. Al-Hajri Corporation (NSH) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 286
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 286 - India , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Dismissal , Wage Theft , Negación de la libertad de movimientoRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Journalist
Medidas adoptadas: 286 workers filed labour complaints against the company and several who lost their jobs and did not receive severance pay began contacting Lawyers Beyond Borders to highlight their case. By February 2021, LBB had registered 660 complaints. Reuters reported that a collective case filed with the Indian government by the workers is "believed to be the biggest collective case of its kind". The company issued a statement to The News Minute, denying that they terminated people indiscriminately and maintained that all salaries and other benefits were paid as per law.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"Saudi returnees stake claim to severance pay," 10 Oct 2020
Jayadev (name changed) had 25 years of experience behind him when the construction company he was working for in Saudi Arabia laid him off following the COVID-19 pandemic... he had hoped that the end-of-service benefits, as per the Saudi labour laws, would be a substantial amount, enabling him to rebuild life back home...
there is no sign of the severance pay coming in...
The issue of repatriated workers not getting benefits came to light when Lawyers Beyond Borders (LBB), an international network of legal experts working for the rights of migrant workers, filed a writ petition in the Kerala High Court earlier this year. Several workers who had lost their jobs and did not get severance pay began contacting the LBB.
Among the complaints, quite a few were from the employees of Nasser S. Al-Hajri Corporation (NSH). A total of 286 workers from here sent in complaints.