Gulf: Indian Govt. cuts minimum wages for nationals, leading to contract substitution & abuse by employers
요약
보고된 날짜: 2021년 2월 4일
위치: 아랍에미리트
기타
Not Reported ( 서비스 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 2
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 2 - 인도 , 청소 및 유지보수 , Gender not reported )토픽들
계약 대체결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: The report stated it was unclear why the Abu Dhabi company rolled back its original offer. The rise in contract substitution is attributed to the Indian Govt's decision to reduce monthly wages for migrants recruited to work in the Gulf from September 2020.
출처: News outlet
"How India cut minimum wages for Gulf-bound migrants in the pandemic," 4 Feb 2021
In September 2020... the ministry of external affairs issued two wage circulars (here and here) which effectively reduced the minimum monthly wages for migrants recruited to work in six Gulf countries by at least 20 to 50%.
The Indian government set minimum referral wages to protect wages of nationals in 18 “Emigration Check Required (ECR)” countries... Wage rates are notified by executive order following consultations with Indian missions and form a benchmark for foreign businesses hiring from India...
none of the Gulf countries, except Qatar—that announced a $275 minimum wage last August—have a statutory minimum wage.
India’s referral wage system—fixed by executive order—tried to plug the gap, providing foreign employers benchmark wages by occupation...
Until the new circulars were announced, the wages schedule offered workers a specific monthly salary based on their job and the country of destination—this varied widely...
It was a complicated system that was much abused. Errant employers rigged it—offering model contracts to workers at home, which they later substituted with a worse contract once they arrived in the Gulf. Often, workers were told about the substitution in advance.