Bahrain: Deceased migrant worker’s family obtain compensation from Crown Electromechanical
摘要
日期: 2020年11月17日
地點: 巴林
企業
Crown Electro Mechanical Services - Unknown , MA Kharafi & Sons - Unknown受影響的
受影響的總人數: 4
移民和移民工人: ( 4 - 印度 , 建築 , Gender not reported )議題
死亡 , 受傷 , Personal Health回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: The court heard that the company failed to provide safety and security equipment, failed to verify workers' awareness of health and safety risks, and did not notify the government department ensuring standards were met. The court also acquitted an occupational safety officer who they found had "just obeyed the orders of his superiors". In April 2021, following a five month process of follow-up and engagement with the authorities in both Bahrain and India, Debasish Sahoo's family received USD30,000 in compensation from Crown Electromechanical, his employer.
資訊來源: News outlet
Intervention of Bahrain Odia Samaj founder Arun Kumar Praharaj has helped family of an Odia youth… get justice.
Debasish Sahoo… died while carrying out maintenance job in a manhole on November 16, 2020. Sahoo was engaged by Crown Electromechanical Services WLL...
[Praharaj] took up the matter with the Bahrain Government and Indian Embassy and sought their immediate intervention. After a long-drawn battle of over five months with the employer and follow up with authorities of Bahrain and India, Praharaj finally managed to help Sahoo’s father get the compensation from the company.
The company on April paid Rs 15 lakh compensation to deceased’s father. With this the total compensation transferred to the legal heir of Sahoo amounts to Rs 21 lakh, said Praharaj.