Abolish Absconding Charges
要約
Date Reported: 2020年11月20日
場所: カタール
その他
Not Reported ( 輸送: 一般 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - スリランカ , 輸送: 一般 , Gender not reported )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft , 移動の自由の否定回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: He was referred to a court where he had to clear the absconding charge against him before applying for a sponsorship transfer. He did not have proper interpretation and two days before he was due to appear he developed appendicitis and had emergency surgery. The hospital reported him to the authorities, he was detained and deported.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
Gulf states encourage employers to file 'absconding' charges against workers who fail to show up to work. Workers who are reported as absconding are vulnerable to detention, deportation, and loss of any claims to owed wages or other grievances. Employers often misuse this power to threaten or punish workers who complain and they generally face no consequences for false reporting. Workers, in turn, have almost no opportunity to contest these charges: whether workers left employment due to abuse or wage theft, or did not leave at all, workers have almost no opportunity to contest these charges.
Gulf states must end the criminalisation of absconding and establish more permissive procedures for workers to leave their employment.