Indian Labour
Living in the Gulf region all my life and traveling between its countries, I realized that one of the common things that those countries have in between is that they get their labor from India. As it’s well known that the Indians are hard workers and can do any job you ask them to do as long as you supply them with their salaries, a place to live and treat them fairly.
In an article publised in the Middle East News, “Qatari firms blacklisted for woeful treatment of Indians”, it says that India have blacklisted 11 Qatari companies and put 35 others on a watchlist for mistreating their nationals working in the country.
The mistreatment was by defaulting in paying salaries and other benefits to the Indian workers. More and more, some Indians have been thrown out of their labor campus.
Blacklisting companies means that they have been removed from the Indian embassy’s prior approval category (PAC) in Qatar and will not be entitled to employ Indian workers anymore.
That’s a clear application of the non-market issue that Baron talked about in his framework, which is characterized by the following four I’s: Issue: is the mistreatment that the Indian workers are getting from their employers in Qatar. The interests: are the Indian embassy and the Qatari companies whom this issue will have a negative impact on them. Institutaions: Indian Embassy and Ministry of labour in New Delhi. Information: complaines made by the Indian workers.
I think what happened in Qatar, was from the fact that those Indians accept to do any kind of job they are asked for; even if that involves them working for hours under the sun, taking low wages, as long as their food is supplied and their sleep is insured. The Qatari employers underestimated their abilities, and thought that they can treat them in whatever way they want because they are in need of the jobs.
But there is a big issue behind that, which in the first place those workers where imported from their countries because developed countries like Qatar need them, as the local citizens won’t do those small standard jobs for low wages, and those workers wouldn’t have been there unless Qatar needs them to do the job.
Being blacklisted by the Indian embassy, will make Qatar have less number of workers and that might slow down a lot of projects in the country that depend on those kinds of workers. In addition, that’s also considered to be a bad reputation, where now other countries like Malaysia and the Philipines will think twice before sending their citizens to serve this country. This will effect the whole working process in Qatar, and might reach all the Gulf Countries, as you cant imagine the amount of work that those Indians can do and the number of jobs they occupy.
In an article publised in the Middle East News, “Qatari firms blacklisted for woeful treatment of Indians”, it says that India have blacklisted 11 Qatari companies and put 35 others on a watchlist for mistreating their nationals working in the country.
The mistreatment was by defaulting in paying salaries and other benefits to the Indian workers. More and more, some Indians have been thrown out of their labor campus.
Blacklisting companies means that they have been removed from the Indian embassy’s prior approval category (PAC) in Qatar and will not be entitled to employ Indian workers anymore.
That’s a clear application of the non-market issue that Baron talked about in his framework, which is characterized by the following four I’s: Issue: is the mistreatment that the Indian workers are getting from their employers in Qatar. The interests: are the Indian embassy and the Qatari companies whom this issue will have a negative impact on them. Institutaions: Indian Embassy and Ministry of labour in New Delhi. Information: complaines made by the Indian workers.
I think what happened in Qatar, was from the fact that those Indians accept to do any kind of job they are asked for; even if that involves them working for hours under the sun, taking low wages, as long as their food is supplied and their sleep is insured. The Qatari employers underestimated their abilities, and thought that they can treat them in whatever way they want because they are in need of the jobs.
But there is a big issue behind that, which in the first place those workers where imported from their countries because developed countries like Qatar need them, as the local citizens won’t do those small standard jobs for low wages, and those workers wouldn’t have been there unless Qatar needs them to do the job.
Being blacklisted by the Indian embassy, will make Qatar have less number of workers and that might slow down a lot of projects in the country that depend on those kinds of workers. In addition, that’s also considered to be a bad reputation, where now other countries like Malaysia and the Philipines will think twice before sending their citizens to serve this country. This will effect the whole working process in Qatar, and might reach all the Gulf Countries, as you cant imagine the amount of work that those Indians can do and the number of jobs they occupy.
posted by Diana @ 10:14 AM
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