20/10/2020 Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm : The Tribune India Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Epaper Follow Us    Chandigarh 33°C      NATION  Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm The Indian embassy in Riyadh said the workers' complaint had been taken up with the company and Saudi o cials this month Posted:  Oct 19, 2020 07:08 PM (IST) Updated :  18 hours ago  503  0  0  0 Photo credit: alhajricorporation.com Chennai, October 19 Hundreds of Indian migrant workers who were laid off by a construction company in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic have filed a rare complaint to the Indian government over unpaid earnings, lawyers and campaigners said. More than 280 labourers---who were fired by the Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation before being flown home on chartered flights in July---are part of what is believed to be the biggest collective case of its kind, said their lawyer Subhash Chand. Chand said all of the workers had been at the firm for at least five years--- some over a decade---and were entitled to a "substantial amount" in outstanding end-of-contract benefits. "Most of (the workers) confirmed that they had been asked to sign blank papers or documents that they didn't understand...(in order to get) their passports and tickets," said Chand, who is part of Lawyers Beyond Borders, a Powered By Unibots network of legal experts. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/hundreds-of-indian-workers-demand-unpaid-wages-from-saudi-construction-firm-158083 1/5

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