Amazon warehouse employee accuses of being ``deceived into working in poor conditions''
A survey of Amazon employees conducted by the British media The Guardian found that some employees were forced to work under false employment contracts. The employees in question were hired through temporary agencies, and some were paid less than half the salary of regular employees.
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The Guardian interviewed 54 Nepali workers working at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia, and received testimony from 48 of them that they had been ``misled about the terms of employment.'' Forty-nine of the 54 were employed by a staffing agency called Abdullah Fahad Al-Mutairi, and most claim they did not realize the truth until they arrived.
Abdullah Fahad Al-Mutairi is a Saudi Arabian company that sends workers to Amazon and other major companies.
One of the workers, Mumtaj Mansour, was unaware that he had been hired by Abdullah Fahad al-Mutairi, and took out a loan to pay the recruitment fee, hoping to move to Saudi Arabia, where wages would be higher than those in Nepal. It seems that it took off.
However, the person waiting for me at the airport was a staff member from the dispatch company. Mr. Mansour signs an employment contract without realizing it and begins working at a distribution center in Riyadh, but there he realizes that the color of the 'ID badge' given to him is different from that of other people, and for the first time he realizes that he is He learned that he had been hired as a temporary worker.
Mansour and other workers are forced into contracts by their employers without revealing their identities, are given harsh working conditions and poor housing, and these practices are considered unfair to workers in the United States. The Guardian points out that it falls under the act.
Some of the workers were told by Abdullah Fahad Al-Mutairi that they would not be paid several months' worth of wages based on the law that 'empowers employers to control the freedom of movement of foreign workers.' Some people were told that they would not be returned to Nepal. It has been found that many people stayed in jobs they didn't want, either to be tied into these contracts or to secure the large recruitment fees they paid to get the jobs.
These testimonials violate Amazon's stated standard that 'workers are not charged recruitment fees at any point in the hiring process.' Asked for comment on the matter, Amazon acknowledged that there had been misconduct against workers, saying, 'We took action after violations of our standards came to light. We worked closely with the Saudi Arabian company to comply with our standards.' 'We have agreed to launch a compliance plan to ensure that workers are reimbursed for unpaid wages and recruitment fees, and that workers are provided with clean and safe accommodation.' issued a statement.
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