20/10/2020
Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm - The Economic Times
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The Indian embassy in Riyadh said the workers' complaint had been taken up
with the company and Saudi o icials this month, and that it was awaiting a
response on the matter.
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The Saudi human resources ministry could not be reached for comment but
last month said workers could log violations through its online dispute
settlement platform or go to a labour court.
The Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation - which describes itself on its website as the
largest industrial contractor in the Middle East - did not respond to repeated
requests for comment.
HELPLINE IN DEMAND
Hundreds of thousands of Indian migrant workers are estimated to have
returned home from Gulf nations this year due to COVID-19, and activists,
lawyers and unions said they were dealing with fresh complaints about pay
issues on a daily basis.
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The number of wage theft cases reported from Gulf countries rose more than
three-fold between April and July compared with the same period last year,
says the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, which advocates for
human rights in business.
"We started a helpline for Gulf migrants in the middle of the pandemic and
were ooded with calls of wage theft," said Rafeek Ravuther, founder of The
Centre for Indian Migrant Studies, a Kerala-based charity that works for
migrant rights.
"Among them there were hundreds calling in about (the Nasser S Al Hajri
Corporation) and a few others," he added. "We consolidated the complaints
and encouraged them to ght this collectively since it is di icult to pursue
alone for many."
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One of the workers in the case said he was owed 120,000 rupees ($1,637) and
feared for his future without the money.
"I wanted to start a grocery store with (the money) but now I am running
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