PRELIMINARY FINDINGS CASE INPUTS Individual Cases 45% Group Cases 55% Figure 1: Percentage of individual and group cases Out 0f 704 online submissions on the JWT- Uwazi platform, there are 47 group cases and 316 individual cases. > Within the 47 group cases, there were 388 individuals suffering from various forms of wage theft. > The number of group cases registered under one name is 13. Including the worker reported under the name, the actual number of workers in group cases who suffered from wage theft exceed 700, rounding the total number to more than 1000 cases for the period of November 2019 to January 2021. > Group cases had at least 3 individuals and at most over 80 individuals. > Majority of group cases were filed from Nepal (36 out of 47). Of the cases filed, Nepal had 36 group cases, comprising of 228 migrant workers. The numbers within the groups range from 2 to 90. > India also had greater proportion of cases that were part of 4 groups, equalling 111 out of 146 cases filed. The numbers within the group cases range from 5 to 58. > Cases registered include both migrant workers that are still at the country of destination awaiting resolution of their case as well as returnees who reported their case to local MFA members and partners in hopes of assistance and due compensation. As mentioned earlier, certain group cases are registered under 1 person or filed partially– which means there are several workers that are yet to be 14