RIYADH: Nearly two years after the collapse of the construction giant Saudi Oger rendered thousands jobless, Lebanese worker Mohammed remains ...
RIYADH: Nearly two years after the collapse of the construction giant Saudi Oger rendered thousands jobless, Lebanese worker Mohammed remains stranded in limbo in Riyadh - and desperate to avoid arrest.
Discarded documents scattered on the floor inside the abandoned Oger headquarters in Riyadh AFP/FAYEZ NURELDINE"I am a prisoner," he said at the Riyadh apartment of another former Saudi Oger employee from Lebanon in a similar predicament. According to court documents seen by AFP, Saudi Oger still owes Mohammed more than US$100,000 in unpaid wages - more than double his outstanding bank loan used partly to pay for his children's education.The impasse spotlights Saudi Arabia's long-criticised sponsorship system, which binds workers to their Saudi employers.Company officials and the Saudi labour ministry have not responded to repeated requests for comment.
Many distressed employees regularly post screenshots of owed invoices on social media, pleading with their governments to intervene.
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