"Contractor in focus: STS Group," 5 Nov 2019

Qatar 2022 contractor STS Group has collaborated closely with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) to implement the Workers' Welfare Standards and ensure its 3,500 employees are protected...

STS Group was appointed as a sub-contractor in 2017 to supply manpower for the Lusail, Al Bayt, Al Rayyan and Education City stadiums. It was recently recognised by the SC for taking the lead in ethical recruitment, underlining the robust recruitment process that the company has adopted to protect workers from unscrupulous recruitment agents.

[Sebtain Nasser, Human Resources and Operations Director at STS Group] said: "A lot of times, workers get approached by unregistered agents, even after they have been interviewed by us. They are tricked into paying recruitment fees as they fear losing out on the opportunity. All workers are given helpline numbers to contact us immediately, so that we can assure them of our zero-fees policy. This is why we also regularly interact with workers before they leave their home countries, to ensure they haven't paid anything from their own pockets."