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Good for him. More pls. Where ar those wailerz?

Saraki nko? Wot of OBJ? Ka o Orji Uzo Kalu? Jagaban? Trash

Pikso or adonblfit

B4 nko?

What is all these for? Let him resign joor and leave d useless Picnic abi na Siena wt dat Foolish Daylong or Bajaj

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Fidecoo:
. Ask your friend if the company that employed him is a "FREE zone company". If it is,tell him to b patient and withdraw the case.and after 6six months he can cancel his contract and look for a better job.

I have sent him amessage, immediately he replied i will get back you, thanks

latolak:
I've been in Qatar for over three years now and I can relate to the situation.

This issue is a mathematical one. in 10 months of hard labour(that's what it is) you cannot save up the amount you spent for the visa. You have chosen a battle by reporting your employer. It's wise to follow it through and see what comes up. Do you want to spend more money on a lawyer?I don't think so. On the other hand, you can find a way to beg your employer and feign ignorance of the system.

It sounds hard to take but its best to leave the country because you are unable to seek for a new job for up to a year(if that's what your contract says). If you return and drag the issue with the evil agents, you might be able to get some change to keep you going for a while.

Thanks man

janellemonae:
The thing is d employer and d authourities don't care. Dubai is a large construction ground (wt 25% of the worlds cranes building one thing or the other). They need cheap labour for constructions everyday. Dts why they give these labourer work visas freely. The govt cares more about the multimillion dollar construction company getting the job done than the immigrant construction worker.

Maybe he should try getting a job in another sector & extend his visa.

His visa has bn collected from him, he has seen a lot of better job himself but the company has his documents and they are not ready to bring the agreement to 6mnths

tobey2ng:
Let him sign the document and plead with the company for his mistake,He can change job after 6 months.Let him just use this job as a stepping stone to enter dubai.He can always change his job after 6months on a job.Thats the method over there.Wish him the best

Thanks sir

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Hmmm..... why is your friend prefer to live in slavery rather than return home? At 65k per month.... minus living expenses.... how long would it take to break even?...or be back home with 500k in your pocket?
For now...forget about the agent. Face the company and make your demands. The company is more afraid of facing the authorities which can look into their hiring practices. They are hoping you cave in like soooo many others. If nothing else.... let them settle with you for 500K..... then return home.

From his investigations, the company also paid all the expenses to those agents, same with my guy. Bro those agents, na thief thief dem be o, and if yu see ds one in Naija, he looks like a man of God, by Dasuki is better than him

owagbeba:
Guy. You are still on a visa. You don't have labor card yet, no residence permit.

The process requires you on arrival to sign a labor contract, apply/undergo for medical test, apply for emirates iD.
For now he's still on a visa. The company can cancel his visa and he will be required to leave the country.

If he doesn't want to do the work, then let him inform the company to cancel the visa. Forget about all those glorifying jobs you were promised. It's pure slave labor at 1000aed monthly with crammed hostel accommodation.
At labor office you can never win!

Bro, yu got it. He later got a better job, bt no opportunity to do dat. After cancellation, it means he is comming back home, dat is his fear. Thanks

moshino:
When you tell the truth, you'll get a helpful answer. Is it YOU or YOUR FRIEND, that is having this problem? Do NOT insult people's intelligence!

Guy na my friend. He called me to help him as he is confused and could not know how to express himself. Besides, no one is insulting any body's intelligence, advice is needed. Thanks

jericco1:
I don't know if I have comprehension issue, first off, why was the ultimatum given to him in the first place, secondly what agreements did he have with his agent prior to his leaving Nigeria Thirdly, were those documents necessary?

1. The ultimatum was that he should go and settle amicably with his employer before d labour complaint office will take it up
2. The agent here in Nigeria did nt show him anything until when he got there and he was given those documents, already signed he only gave him his visa. The agreement was that he will work for two years with this company, but the work is not what he can do, purely laborer, under that hell sun. He is begging for 6months so as to move to another work which is a bit releaved
3. Not all are necessary as d company does nt want to release him bt the medicals are compulsory

dabongys:
All those threats issued to him by the company's agents are only aimed at one thing which is "covering all the impersonation, arm-twisting agreements and rip-off". Tell your friend not to back out. He should pursue the matter and not be too desperate and settle for what he didn't agree to when he parted with his 500k. He should go if invited by the company and tell them exactly what happened. If room is given for any negotiations, he should state clearly his expectations and negotiate with full confidence. If he is deported and gets back here, he should use every resource at his disposal to give the Nigerian agent (who took his money) sleepless nights and get his money back if possible. 65k a month is nothing to stay and suffer in a foreign land for.

Thank you sir.

buzzybrain88:
believe it or not Nigeria is much more better to hustle Dan Dubai,i returned back after 3 months working in a construction company.dat is not a job,its slavery.african and Asian rights are not respected at all.my master (mudin)wanted to kill me with work,i work 7 to 7.they don't lift a finger to do anything,depending on us like slaves.an Arab man killed a Nigerian delta girl in Doha Qatar,till tomorrow d case was melted down.there is a court to report abuse cases,but little is done abt it.MR JULIUS IDAHOSA is an agent in egbeda that collected 500k from me to do d company visa.am coming for him cos he is still holding my passport.DIO GRACIA STO E EUROPA.n nonsense agents.theives

Had he know!!!

nellybadas:
I think he made the wrong move by reporting the company. He is in a foreign land and should thread carefully. A company that already had agreement signed without him. The agent too is shady if you ask me. The best he can do now is mend fences with the company. To avoid damaging his reputation and being deported. Look for a way to Resign on health grounds and count his losses.

Thanks

bakingsoda:
Your friend or YOU paid 500k to travel to Dubai for a job of 65k! Okay.
My prayer for you: Anyhow it turns out may Allah make it easy and positive for you. Amin

Amen

VocalWalls:
what most people don't realize is that these massive buildings which has granted this country its modern civilization are mostly constructed and built by workers; the majority of which are expats in the UAE and which have been denied their respective wages for months by the companies which they're working for.

The process of recruiting these workers is simple; companies would typically post ads or contact foreign recruitment/ employment agencies based in multiple countries (Mostly Southeast Asian countries; i.e. Nepal, Pakistan, Afghansitan, India, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China etc..) to recruit workers for them. The agencies would act as the middle man been the two; they would find those interested in working abroad, or in the tempting offers and swaying promises made by the construction companies. The recruitment agencies would help the workers fill in their application forms & necessary documents for the job and the visa and assist them in booking their airline tickets once their visa has been approved. Ultimately they would get a fee from the workers and a percentage from the company.


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The unsuspected laborers would take off to their destination in the hopes of being paid a high salary; and making a fortune to support their families back home.

Unfortunately, once they land in the UAE they are given a lengthy contract to sign with the company, taken to their accommodation, and their passports are stripped away from them and kept by their employers. This makes them unable to leave the country unless they obtain their passports back somehow, some of them never do and are trapped for years.

If that wasn't bad enough, the workers are made to stay in terrible accommodation. The places they are kept in are unhygienic and filthy for people to live in. Some are kept in old buildings, just on the outskirts of the city they helped build.

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The workers are forced to share a room, sometimes 7–8 workers share one room to sleep in.

They are not offered running water for showering or cooking, and they aren't offered proper cooking facilities either. Which means most of the time they are forced to find unconventional means to cook for themselves.

Due to the lack of sufficient plumbing the men’s living compartment are engulfed by a river of sewage.

Some are paid as little as €150 a month, some are paid nothing whatsoever. Most are unable to protest, unable to leave because they don't have their passports & are forced to stay & complete their contract work agreement.

Most are in debt back home, because they had to take loans and borrow money to pay the agencies, and buy an airline ticket and their minimum wage income isn't helping them pay off their debts or support their families back home or themselves.

The working conditions themselves are atrocious, workers are forced to work for as long as 12 hours per day, sometimes more. They are made to work during day shifts, even when the temperature outside reaches 50 Celsius, workers have to work under the sun.

The UAE government officials have been criticized for allowing such treatment to take place. However, the government’s response was to deny such accusations & ensure all the migrant workers in the UAE are treated well and are taken care of by their employers. Even if reality revealed otherwise.

A lot of this is termed Modern slavery. A mini documentary made by Vice has been uploaded into YouTube in which reporter Ben Anderson poses as a British tourist and exposes the mistreatment of migrant workers in the UAE. I know it's a bet outdated, but this remains a pressing issue that's still going on till this day.

Exactly the points. Modern slavery!

SmartMugu:
How exactly do u expect nairalanders to help? Travel to UAE to beg on his behalf?
Just say you wanted to share someone else's predicament vs screaming help on your topic. Even lawyers here can't help because UAE laws are different from Nigerian laws.
He should get a UAE-based lawyer.

Not like dat sir, with what d agent sent after recieving d message quoted, that his action may lead to deportation, could it just be a treat?? Cos he himself had called several time for d guy to go for medicals and sign all d rejected documents

sola234:
u can go back to the labor office to plead to them to help him out to plead to the company to stop the deportation.
but i must confess u weren't patient enough and too much in a haste to go and report your employer. u cant even try dat here in nigeria let alone a foreign land. 2 months is just too short for u to take such drastic step against an employer.
please act fast before it is too late because deportation is a bad experience.
even here in nigeria, the govt of oyo state did not pay their workers for christmas and ester salaries.
just go back and beg and endure rather than coming back to nigeria to face the humiliation

Are you saying he should accept all those put on him and settle for 2years because d PRO of d company has made him to realize that they can not bring the contract down to 6months from 2years

nzeobi:
Am also planning to come over to dubai but this story is discouraging.
The best solution I can give now is for your friend to pray and to look a powerful man of God here in nigeria that is if he is a believer.

Guy, plan well o. Be very sure of the kind job u av there

Dear Nairalanders, pls your urgent advice is needed as we have 48 hrs ultimatum. A friend of mine travelled to Dubai two months ago with the aim that d place will be a better place for him bt on getting there, the opposite was met. He went there through an agent in Nigeria here who has a partner in d UAE. He applied for working visa which he was given two years by a company there. The problem started when he got the visa and occupation written on it is "Ordinary Labourer" as he applied for welding work, but the agent told him that, that is UAE style since he is going there as a technician. On getting there, he was welcomed by the company and he started work the third day as a labourer, real one. With this, he was given some documents which have been signed on his behalf, he was surprised as the documents contains employee -employer agreement. He called the agents both the one in Nigeria and UAE immediately what he saw, but the agents said he should be enduring.

To cut the story short, the work is a typical slavery work, though he is collecting about 65K/month as wage, when converted to naira. Now the problem is that other documents he needed to sign, he refused because of those conditions and since then, the agents have been begging him to sign. Also, there was a need for him to do medicals, he also refused and fortunately for him, he met one of the directors in the company and explain things to him bt the man answered him to write cancellation letter so that he can be sent back to Nigeria. But he did not want to waste almost 500k he paid this agent.


Now a Nigerian he met there directed him to go to the labour complaint office in Dubai, which he did and he got this reply from d labour office today "A complaint application number (MB165125948AE ) has been made on company number (488063 ) from employee (CHARLES UGO ) having work permit number ( 65600814), we hope that both of you would mutually discuss on this complaints during next 48 working hours before it gets registered on the company." Now the problem, this message has been forwarded to the company, the company has forwarded it to the agent in Dubai and the agent now called him and said he has made a great mistake by reporting that he may be deported and banned for one year from entering UAE.

Pls Nairalanders, 48hrs has started about 4hrs ago, the company may call on him in d next 4/5 hrs, what should he do? Is it true that he may be deported based on this?? Pls your sincere advice is needed. c

My presido, i hail o! I pray to God to give you all it takes to take Nigeria to d promise land. God bless you.

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Is d place not governed by El Rurai? I am not in support too bt we dont know wot d so called useless 8th national assemblies are doing. Make d fulanis buy land for their business