Gulf: "Crisis" as 500,000 repatriated workers unable to access justice & obtain unpaid wages amid COVID-19
Resumo
Data informada: 10 Ago 2020
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Outros
Not Reported ( Empresas da Educação ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 100
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Nepal , Empresas da Educação , Gender not reported )Temas
Intimidação e Ameaças , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 10 Ago 2020
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Outros
Not Reported ( Transporte: geral ) - ClientAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Labour supplier , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Wage TheftResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
"Gulf migrant workers face crisis of unpaid wages amid pandemic," 10 Aug 2020
The double blow of low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis has already pushed over half a million migrant workers out of Arab Gulf states...
Returned to their countries of origin in haste, migrant workers whose wages have not been paid are unable to defend their rights in the Gulf’s courts of justice. Their embassies have come under criticism for largely refusing to document grievances before repatriation..
only a negligible number of cases reach the courts as migrant workers, who are the backbone of Gulf economies, often simply give up and return home empty-handed...
most unpaid workers have the right to mandate by power of attorney their embassies to act on their behalves to seek compensation... Foreign missions argue they cannot replace failing national justice systems, nor do they have sufficient resources to do so.