7 employees of Mohammed Al Arfaj and Partners Co. (MAPCO) returned to work in August 2020, but instead of being paid their monthly contracted salary found they were being paid as a percentage of turnover. The workers allegea range of abusive practices against MAPCO, including being left without food, income, valid residency permits, medical insurance or payroll insurance. They were afraid to leave their cramped accommodation without legal status. The company blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for the delay in documentation - some workers had started in November 2019 and salary delays pre-dated the pandemic. Workers allege wage delays of between one and two months' salary. Workers also allege that they faced harrassment and were threatened with eviction for refusing to continue unpaid work. A further 40 subcontracted workers say that MAPCO failed to pay the manpower agencies employing them and they also face wage delays.