Abolish Absconding Charges
摘要
日期: 2020年11月20日
地点: 卡塔尔
其他
Not Reported ( 运输：综合 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 斯里兰卡 , 运输：综合 , Gender not reported )议题
恐吓和威胁 , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft , 剥夺迁徙自由回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: He was referred to a court where he had to clear the absconding charge against him before applying for a sponsorship transfer. He did not have proper interpretation and two days before he was due to appear he developed appendicitis and had emergency surgery. The hospital reported him to the authorities, he was detained and deported.
信息来源: NGO
Gulf states encourage employers to file 'absconding' charges against workers who fail to show up to work. Workers who are reported as absconding are vulnerable to detention, deportation, and loss of any claims to owed wages or other grievances. Employers often misuse this power to threaten or punish workers who complain and they generally face no consequences for false reporting. Workers, in turn, have almost no opportunity to contest these charges: whether workers left employment due to abuse or wage theft, or did not leave at all, workers have almost no opportunity to contest these charges.
Gulf states must end the criminalisation of absconding and establish more permissive procedures for workers to leave their employment.