Qatar 2022: Nepali low-wage construction workers describe fee-payment & debt to work on stadiums
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Dic 2022
Ubicación: Catar
Empresas
FIFA - PartnerProyectos
Lusail Stadium - ClientOtro
Not Reported ( Construcción ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Poverty Wages , Wage Theft , Tasas de contratación , Mandatory overtime , Contract Substitution , Salud mental , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Dic 2022
Ubicación: Catar
Empresas
FIFA - PartnerProyectos
974 Stadium (previously called Ras Abu Aboud) - ClientOtro
Not Reported ( Construcción ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contratación , DismissalRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Dic 2022
Ubicación: Catar
Otro
Not Reported ( Construcción ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Nepal , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Occupational Health & Safety , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Tasas de contratación , Heat exposure , Acceso al agua , Salud mental , Negación de la libertad de expresiónRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"'Dark days in Qatar': Nepali workers face bitter legacy of World Cup debts," 20 Dec 2022
For some the deal has worked out. They earned a regular if low wage, which meant they could afford to send their children to better schools, buy land or rebuild their house. For others, the World Cup has left a bitter legacy...
Adhikari says he was forced to pay 115,000 rupees (£715) to a recruitment agent in Nepal to secure his job, which left him mired in debt. He says the agent promised a salary of 1200 rials (£270) a month but he was only paid 750 rials (£170), forcing him to put in countless hours of overtime to make up the difference...
Naresh Shrestha, a construction manager who also worked on Lusail stadium, has a very different view... "The World Cup has very much improved working conditions in Qatar. Some rules were changed to benefit workers. It's very good now."...
When Magar set out for Qatar in 2021, he expected to be there for at least two years. Already in debt in Nepal, he says he took out more loans to pay a recruitment agent about 135,000 rupees (£840) for the job in Qatar. He spent eight months working on Stadium 974, the temporary arena that won praise for its innovative design, before he was suddenly sent home...