12/01/2021 Unresolved Labour Cases Pileup at Indian Embassies - TheLeaflet unpaid leave or reduced wages, been con ned in poor living conditions, and with little or no engagement in the work options before them. “Many migrant workers remain stranded in cities without access to services or support, or in border areas, living in precarious conditions posing as quarantine facilities,” the MFA said in a statement adding that the workers are subjected to wage theft, which is a gross violation of labour rights on a large scale. Wage Theft Wage theft consists of the total or partial non-payment of a worker’s remuneration, earned through the provision of labour services, as stipulated in a written or nonwritten employment contract. It also includes the payment of salaries below the minimum wage, non-payment of overtime, non-payment of contractually owed bene ts, the non-negotiated reduction of salaries as well as the retention of dues And as a third step, to enable the migrant workers to effectively claim their rights, the state must use all means of communication available including public and social media, to inform them of the mechanisms through which they can claim their rights and register their grievances. SUBSCRIBE FOR UPDATES upon one’s contract termination. Wage theft undermines a fundamental right to just and favourable remuneration, to which all workers are inherently entitled: Article 23(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) a rms that “[e]veryone who works has the right to just and https://www.theleaflet.in/unresolved-labour-cases-pileup-at-indian-embassies/# 6/13