Wednesday August 30, 6:24 AM
1,000 INDIAN WORKERS IN BAHRAIN STILL UNPAID AFTER A YEAR
DUBAI, Aug 29 Asia Pulse – As many as 1,000 Indian workers, who lost their jobs after a Bahrain-based garment factory closed down last year, are yet to be paid their dues.
Around 1,400 workers, including 250 Bahraini women, were left in the lurch after the financial collapse of the Light Style Garment Factory in Salmabad on May 14 last year.
Indian workers claim they have not got wages of up to BD1,000 as promised to them by the firm.
According to the workers, only around 350 of them have received work permits for new jobs at different companies.
Wednesday August 30, 6:24 AM
1,000 INDIAN WORKERS IN BAHRAIN STILL UNPAID AFTER A YEAR
DUBAI, Aug 29 Asia Pulse – As many as 1,000 Indian workers, who lost their jobs after a Bahrain-based garment factory closed down last year, are yet to be paid their dues.
Around 1,400 workers, including 250 Bahraini women, were left in the lurch after the financial collapse of the Light Style Garment Factory in Salmabad on May 14 last year.
Indian workers claim they have not got wages of up to BD1,000 as promised to them by the firm.
According to the workers, only around 350 of them have received work permits for new jobs at different companies.
Spokesman Tommy Joseph said the workers feared their case would not be valid now since it is more than a year since the company shut down.
“Of the nearly 1,050 Indian workers in the factory, around 750 are still doing various odd jobs here,” Joseph was quoted as saying in the ‘Gulf Daily News’. “The rest left for India and they too are included in the compensations claim.”
Joseph was unsure whether a case had been filed at the Labour Ministry as the workers were told the Indian Embassy would do it for them, the report said.
But Indian Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty said a case was registered with the ministry last year and that it had been referred to the Justice Ministry under a group labour dispute.
“As soon as the courts open by the beginning of next month, the case will proceed. I mentioned the matter to Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa during a meeting at the beginning of the month and he promised swift resolution,” he said.
(PTI)