06/07/2021
Wage Theft Case; UAE Leads in Numbers - Indian Flash News
Qatar 41, China 29 and Oman 18, the analysis said. It said that 753 cases of
wage theft out of the 1,113 analysed cases were experienced by
documented workers and 359 by undocumented workers.
In cases documented from origin countries, India came with the largest
proportion of cases at 620. Of this, 51.9 per cent of cases from India were
registered in the UAE, the Migrant Forum in Asia said. Kuwait was next in line
where 27.1 per cent cases from India was registered. In Saudi Arabia, 20.6
per cent cases were from India.
The report marks the first anniversary of the Justice for Wage Theft
campaign. the campaign is a joint effort by a coalition of trade unions and
civil society organisations, started in June 2020. It calls for urgent justice
mechanism for migrant workers repatriated due to the COVID-19 pandemic
without being paid their due wages, salaries, and end-of-service benefits.
Regional Coordinator of Migrant Forum in Asia William Gois said that the
prevalence of wage theft was endemic to labour migration.
In the report, the Migrant Asia Forum underlines that the gravity of the issue
across the world was more devastating in scale than expected. They also
mentioned that millions of cases of wage theft at the time of the pandemic
would have gone unaddressed without proper monitoring and
documentation. Apart from this, the Forum think that the migrants are
hesitant or refuse to report or file a case in fear of retaliation from
employers and in fear of being unable to pursue new employment
opportunities.
COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION
The report said that 32.33 per cent of the total casework was registered in
the UAE in the January- May 2021 period. In Saudi Arabia, 252 cases were
registered followed by 182 cases in Kuwait and 95 cases in Malaysia.
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