UAE: 100 Nepali workers allegedly face overstay fines & eight months' without salary as Dubai employers leave them "high and dry"
摘要
日期: 2021年3月4日
地點: 阿聯酋
其他
Not Reported ( 飲食服務 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 尼泊爾 , 飲食服務 , Gender not reported )議題
Failing to renew visas , Wage Theft回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: The workers repeatedly requested their wages from the company, with no answer. The interviewed worker also stated that they had tried to pass information to the Nepali embassy but were turned away because "there was a problem due to COVID-19".
資訊來源: News outlet
"More than 100 Nepali migrant workers left high and dry in Dubai," 4 Mar 2021
More than 100 Nepalis who arrived in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for employment have been left high and dry as their employers have not paid their salaries for months.
Ramesh Basyal of Gurbhakot-8, Mehalkuna, Surkhet, said that the company has not paid them for the past eight months. “It's been eight months of waiting,” he told Republica on Wednesday. “Despite requesting multiple times, the company has not paid us.”
Basyal complained that the staffers of the Embassy of Nepal in the UAE did not help them even though he tried to give information to the embassy...
Basyal said he cannot travel to Abu Dhabi from Dubai time and again. According to him, they are forced to pay a fine of up to Rs 25,000 for their visas have expired or cancelled as the companies they were working for refused to extend the visas. “I have four days left before my visa expires,” he said in a phone interview. He said that he has been earning a living by taking loans from his friends...
“There were no problems with work and wages before COVID-19," he said. If there is no support from all the agencies, the workers will be hit harder. The restaurant has been open on and off since the pandemic started.