Bahrain: Repatriated Indian worker alleges labour abuse including long hours, harassment and unpaid wages
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Date Reported: 20 Янв 2020
Местонахождение: Бахрейн
Другое
Not Reported ( Кейтеринг и услуги питания ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Индия , Кейтеринг и услуги питания , Gender not reported )Темы
Принудительный труд , Сборы за найм персонала , Contract Substitution , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Personal Health , Wage Theft , Ограничение свободы передвиженияОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: The worker was able to get in touch with social workers who negotiated for the release of his passport and his repatriation.
Вид источника: News outlet
"Social workers help expatriate 'tortured by employer' fly home," 20 Jan 2020
Social workers successfully rescued an [Indian] worker, who was allegedly held captive and subjected to forced labour by his employer... he was recruited by an agent to work with a private firm...
"Upon arrival in the Kingdom, I was offered a different job as a worker in a restaurant... The employer began harassing me from the first day of work" [he said]...
The situation became worse as the employer refused to pay him wages...
the employer was initially reluctant to release [the worker's] passport.