y 06/07/2021 g Wage Theft Case; UAE Leads in Numbers - Indian Flash News pp Indonesian males who were employed in the manufacturing sector. Cases registered in China were primarily undocumented Indonesian males working in the fishing sector. In all situations, cases were filed as part of a group. SECTORS The construction sector accounted for the largest number of cases of wage theft (59 per cent). The manufacturing sector (13 per cent) came next. Then came the domestic work (10.33 per cent) and retail (four percent), the report said. It also said that the number of cases from domestic workers, retail and office staff increased in 2021 when compared to 2020. Out of the 657 cases registered during January – May 2021 under construction sector for wage theft, 318 cases were from UAE, 165 cases from Kuwait, 135 cases from KSA, 14 from Qatar and 8 each from Malaysia and Bahrain. The sector further accounted for the largest proportion of cases in UAE, Kuwait and KSA. Out of 145 cases registered under the manufacturing sector, 75 cases were filed in Malaysia, followed by 59 cases in the Philippines. Other destination countries included UAE (3), KSA (1), Oman (3), Qatar, Poland and Japan (1 each). Cases in Malaysia and Philippines were part of group cases by Indonesian migrant workers. The 45 retail cases comprised of group cases from Bahrain (36), followed by Saudi Arabia (6), UAE and Philippines. Majority of cases registered on behalf of female migrant workers were in domestic work (113 out of 201 total female cases and 115 total domestic worker cases). Other sectors of work included manufacturing (73), sanitation (6), hospitality, office administration, and retail. A total of 38 cases were filed under the fishing sector, which was a major improvement of data collection from 2020, which had 20 cases. All cases were from Indonesia and destination countries were primarily China t     L (accounting for more than 50% of cases), Taiwan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, https://indianf.com/8619-2-wage-theft/amp/ 5/9