20/10/2020 Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction firm - The Economic Times BENCHMARKS LIVE NSE GAINER-LARGE CAP Nifty 11,924.15 Vodafone Idea 8.55 51.10 FEATURED FUNDS ★★★★★ Mirae Asset Emerging Bl… 0.60 5Y RETURN 14.44 % INVEST NOW News English Edition Home Podcast MARKET WATCH Subscribe | Edna | E-Paper ETPrime Markets News Industry RISE Politics Wealth MF Tech Jobs Opinion NRI Panache ET NOW More Economy Industry Politics and Nation Defence Company International Elections ET Explains Sports Science More Business News › News › International › Saudi Arabia › Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction rm Hundreds of Indian workers demand unpaid wages from Saudi construction rm Reuters Last Updated: Oct 19, 2020, 07:35 PM IST SHARE FONT SIZE SAVE PRINT COMMENT Synopsis More than 280 labourers - who were red by the Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation before being own home on chartered ights in July - are part of what is believed to be the biggest collective case of its kind, said their lawyer Subhash Chand. CHENNAI: Hundreds of Indian migrant workers who were laid o by a construction company in Saudi Arabia 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. COVID-19 CASES Con rmed Deaths India 7,550,273 114,610 World due to the coronavirus pandemic have led a rare complaint to the Indian government over unpaid earnings, lawyers and campaigners said. More than 280 labourers - who were red by the Nasser S Al Hajri Corporation before being own home on chartered ights in July - are part of what is believed to be the biggest collective case of its kind, said their lawyer Subhash Chand. Chand said all of the workers had been at the rm for at least ve years - some over a decade - and were entitled to a "substantial amount" in outstanding end-of-contract bene ts. "Most of (the workers) con rmed that they had been asked to sign blank papers or documents that they didn't understand ... (in order to get) their passports and tickets," said Chand, who is part of Lawyers Beyond Borders, a network of legal experts. "Many didn't want to return without their money but had no choice," he told https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/saudi-arabia/hundreds-of-indian-workers-demand-unpaid-wages-from-saudi-constructio… 1/4

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