Qatar World Cup organisers ‘failed to protect workers,’ claims Amnesty | Football politics
Amnesty Worldwide has accused Fifa and the Qatari authorities of failing to correctly handle a “sample of abuse in opposition to migrant employees” on the World Cup, a few of whom labored 12-hour shifts for as much as 38 days in succession with none day without work. A brand new investigation from the human rights physique additionally discovered that some employees who have been employed as safety guards and marshals needed to pay unlawful recruitment charges – that have been by no means repaid – and had promised extra time pay and bonuses withheld. Amnesty says the employees reported their remedy on the World Cup grievances hotline in November, however that no motion was taken. In a single case a employee claimed a supervisor threatened to fireplace him and others in retaliation for complaining. The newest investigation was primarily based on interviews with 22 males from Nepal, Kenya and Ghana, who have been amongst 1000’s of migrant employees employed by the Qatar-based firm Teyseer Safety Companies to work at World Cup websites, together with the Khalifa Worldwide Stadium, fan zones and the Corniche. Greater than a 3rd of these interviewed stated they needed to work…