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2021年7月19日

Qatar World Cup 2022: BWI workers welfare assessment offers recommendations to multinationals, FIFA & Supreme Committee incl. on due diligence, fair recruitment, remedy & grievance mechanisms

Qatar World Cup 2022 venue Al Wakrah Stadium

In July 2021, Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) published their latest assessment on the state of worker welfare and access to decent work for migrant workers in Qatar, ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The report -Dribble of Goal? :Tracking the score for decent work legacy in Qatar - welcomes progress to date and labour reforms in the country, but highlights the "serious and persistent problems with implementation" that have dogged progress in a number of areas and which are accompanied by evidence showing a sustained and "growing gap between policy and practice".

BWI and FIFPRO (the global professional football player organisation) also announced a three year cooperation agreement which sets out a framework through which footballers can engage directly to support worker rights in Qatar.

Dribble or goal? offers twelve recommendations to the Qatar Government, FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy and to multinational companies in Qatar:

For the Government to

  • Effectively enforce the minimum wage law and the law abolishing the Kafala system;
  • Guarantee that employers obey the law on No-Objection Certificates (NOC), eliminate employer retaliation, and ensure government coherence on policy and enforcement;
  • Enforce occupational safety and health regulations;
  • Reform labour justice system; and
  • Ensure fair recruitment, a fully operational and funded workers support and insurance fund and workers' right to representation and workers' committees.

For FIFA and the SC to

  • Create a Migrant Workers' Centre to educate workers on their rights and ensure active involvement in implementation of the labour reforms;
  • Implement joint inspections in the hospitality sector and extend the Workers Welfare Standards to hospitality and other sectors;
  • Guarantee timely remedy for workers' complaints and grievances; and
  • Extend the universal reimbursement scheme to the tens of thousands of hospitality workers.

For multinational companies to:

  • Undertake human rights due diligence and joint inspections together with BWI.
The 16 months remaining before the World Cup offer an opportunity which should not be missed to ensure a football legacy of decent work way beyond the moment when the world champions will have raised the golden World Cup. We call on all groups responsible for building such a legacy towards and beyond the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 to keep your eyes on the goal until real progress is achieved in the lives of migrant workers in Qatar.
Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of BWI
Players are not part of the host country decision-making structures of any football tournament. Nevertheless, they show a strong desire to use their voice for the advancement of the fundamental rights of all those involved. We are extremely proud of these players and as their collective voice FIFPRO is joining forces with BWI to provide them with practical solutions to make a difference.
Jonas Baer-Hoffmann, FIFPRO General Secretary

The report draws on case studies to highlight the abuses experienced by migrant workers and efforts to improve their access to justice. In one ongoing case, construction workers at Mercury MENA employed on Lusail City filed a complaint at the Ministry of Labour with the help of BWI. Mercury MENA has still failed to settle workers' owed wages; they failed to respond to Amnesty International regarding the abuses among their workforce. In another case a worker with Qatar Meta Coats had not received his salary since 2019. Though the worker received a favourable decision from the labour court ordering the company to pay him, he was stranded in a cramped labour camp during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meta Coats previously responded to Amnesty International regarding unpaid wages to their workers.