22/04/2021 Salary Abuses Facing Migrant Workers Ahead of Qatar’s FIFA World Cup 2022 | HRW because Ugandan workers helped me out for food money,” said Sanyu. “These contracts we DONATE NOW Summary signed and the jobs that came with them are like swords over our heads. When we ask our employers when our salary is coming they say next week, but it’s already been delayed 10 times.”[22] Type of Wage Abuse Explanation Recorded Instances Delayed or Unpaid Wages Employers consistently delaying monthly wages, sometimes to the point of non-payment of wages. These are often company wide. 59 Lack of Overtime Payments If workers are performing more than 8 hours of work a day, they should be compensated at a higher rate for the extra hours. In most recorded instances, employees are not paid at all for the extra hours. 55 Contract Substitution Workers sign employment contracts in countries of origin that promise a certain salary but upon arrival in Qatar find that they are met with a new contract with a lower salary. 13 Lack of departure payments Migrant workers in Qatar are promised end-of-service benefits, salary in lieu of unused vacation days, and a ticket home at the of their contract. Often these are not paid. 20 Underpayments of basic payments Employers consistently paying lower than contractually stipulated amounts, arbitrary deductions, or employers not having enough assignments for workers 35 Payment of recruitment fees It is employers who should be paying recruitment fees for migrant workers, along with their airfare to Qatar, instead in too many cases, workers are taking personal loans to make these payments 72 The above table depicts the various types of wage abuses migrant workers in Qatar face; the numbers of recorded instances are from a pool of 93 migrant workers from over 60 different employers and companies. © 2020 Maham Javaid/Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/08/24/how-can-we-work-without-wages/salary-abuses-facing-migrant-workers-ahead-qatars 13/62