Business & Human Rights

In this two-part story, Noah recounts his experience of leaving home and moving to Doha, Qatar.

Hundreds of Sobha Engineering and Contracting LLC employees owed months of unpaid dues are struggling for survival in the United Arab Emirates.

The economic downturn hit Bahrain’s construction sector hard and exacerbated the already rampant practice of delayed and unpaid wages. Costs and losses are passed on to the most vulnerable – the migrant workers at the end of the supply chain.

In a study of 94 migrant workers in Dubai carried out between 2017 and 2018, only 5% of men and none of the women interviewed reported feeling appreciated or respected by their employers.

Over 600 migrant workers stranded in derelict camps are fighting for months of owed wages.

Around 450 workers from multiple construction companies in Bahrain have been denied their wages for over four months. All of the construction companies are owned by the same parent company which is managed and owned by an Indian national, and a Bahraini partner.

Case highlights problems in the implementation of reforms and access to justice