Oman: Indian workers unpaid, forced to resign & banned from leaving while bank loans outstanding
Resumo
Data informada: 10 Jun 2020
Localização: Oman
Outros
Not Reported ( Automóveis e outros Veículos Automotores ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1350
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1350 - Localização desconhecida , Automóveis e outros Veículos Automotores , Gender not reported )Temas
Dismissal , Withholding Passports , Wage TheftResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 10 Jun 2020
Localização: Oman
Outros
Not Reported ( Construção Civil ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 100
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Índia , Construção Civil , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 100 - Localização desconhecida , Construção Civil , Gender not reported )Temas
Wage TheftResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
"Pending bank loans but no salary: Indian migrants in Oman cannot come back," 10 Jun 2020
Hundreds of Indians who were forced to resign are stuck in the Arab Gulf countries as they do not see any option to clear bank loans taken there.
Without clearing these loans, banks will not provide a ‘no objection certificate’ and without that, companies are refusing to release the passport of Indian workers...
An employer in Oman has no right to retain an employee’s passport, as it is banned by a ministerial decree...
However, in Oman, which follows the Kafala system, the majority of the companies retain employees’ passports.