12/01/2021
Unresolved Labour Cases Pileup at Indian Embassies - TheLeaflet
enabling other platforms in resolving cases.
The RTI data reveal that our government
failed to help workers even during the
crisis,” he said.
In Oman, the Indian embassy could resolve only 40 percent of the labour cases led
by Indian migrant workers between Jan and December 2020. Among the 1030 cases
led, the embassy could resolve only 414 cases.
In 2019, the Indian embassy in Oman had managed to resolve 60 percent of the
Indian migrant workers’ cases.
1. Non-payment of salary
2. Compensation
3. Harassment by the employer
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According to the RTIs, the majority of the labour cases led dealt with:
4 Transportation of mortal remains
5. Imprisonment and other jail issues.
Embassies Failed to Help
Talking to The Lea et, Abdul Lateefh, an Indian social worker in Riyadh for the last
three decades, said: “COVID-19 restrictions might have been a problem for the
Indian embassies in resolving cases. But, the Indian government should have
understood the looming crisis and acted on time by enabling other platforms in
resolving cases. The RTI data reveal that our government failed to help workers
even during the crisis,” he said.
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