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WAGE THEFT ESTIMATES
AVERAGE WAGES LOST PER WORKER* (USD)
BANGLADESH
1775
INDIA
INDONESIA
NEPAL
PHILIPPINES
21946
2779
1446
4242
*based on cases registered on JFWT website
Country
Number of Workers
Total Amount of Wage Loss
(USD)
Bangladesh
(2 documenting
teams)
India (2 teams)
79
300
116,526
556,434
737
8
408
441
99
16,336,500
20,915.50
1,133,980.87
637,723
420,690
Total Number of Workers: 2072
Total Amount: $19,222,769
Indonesia
Nepal
Philippines
8 documenter organizations from 5 countries of origin received 2072 cases of wage theft where
the amounts of wage loss were calculated with documentation proof (such as salary slip,
company letter, etc.). The total amount of wages and dues stolen from a little over 2000 workers
was USD 19.2 million.
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745 Indian migrant workers reported a sum of USD 16.3 million as wages and dues lost
during the pandemic. 408 Indonesians reported USD 1.1 million as wages lost. 441 Nepali
migrants suffered wage theft to the tune of USD 637,000. 379 Bangladeshi workers lost a
little more than USD 672,000. Finally, 99 Filipino migrants reported losing USD 420,000 by
wage theft.
Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases
submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country,
government, industry, employer, etc.