New Zealand: Chinese migrant builders left jobless after paying huge agents’ fees in latest recruitment scams
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 4월 6일
위치: 뉴질랜드
기타
Not Reported ( 시공 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 중국 , 시공 , Men , Documented migrants )토픽들
직업소개수수료 , 해고 , 식량권 , 위협 , 표현의 자유 , 비사법적 구제절차에 대한 접근성 , 이동 , 불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 임금 착취 , 임금 착취결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: None reported.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 4월 6일
위치: 뉴질랜드
기타
Not Reported ( 시공 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 중국 , 시공 , Men , Documented migrants )토픽들
해고 , 휴가 박탈 , 이동 , 비사법적 구제절차에 대한 접근성 , 산업 안전 및 보건 , 상해 , 불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 직업소개수수료결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: None reported.
출처: News outlet
"Eating instant noodles every day: the penniless Chinese builders left destitute by uncaring employers" 6 April 2023
Migrant advocates say it’s the latest audacious scam: Chinese builders are paying huge premiums to offshore agents for jobs in New Zealand, but finding no work when they arrive. National Correspondent Steve Kilgallon reports.
Qiang* pauses, opens his pack, and pulls out a packet of dried instant noodles. Through his tears, he explains that all he can afford to eat is a packet at lunch, and the same for dinner.
Qiang paid a lot of money to be in New Zealand - about $30,000 - but within three days of his arrival, had been sacked by the construction company which sponsored his visa.
He suspects the company received a sizeable kickback from the Chinese recruitment agent who brought him to New Zealand. “Whenever I think of my situation, I cannot stop the tears,” he says.
He says the agent has visited his wife at home to persuade him to withdraw a grievance he has raised with his New Zealand employer.
Qiang is not alone. Tao* was also sacked within two weeks of arriving in New Zealand by a different construction company after he asked to take two days’ unpaid sick leave after hurting his back on site.
Both men were kicked out of company-organised house shares despite having valid tenancy agreements. [...]