Abstract

The following is a commentary by Rejimon Kuttappan, author of Undocumented: Stories of Indian Migrants in the Arab GulfPenguin 2021, on the wages of migrant workers in the Gulf countries, specifically in Qatar. Wage theft can be defined as non-payment for overtime; denying workers their last pay cheque after they leave a job; not paying for all of the hours worked; not paying minimum wages; not paying a worker at all, and not adhering to the terms of the contract. Wage theft was occurring pre-COVID-19. However, it became more visible during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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