The new attorneys, however, are reluctant to officially take over the case until the government promises not to seek "forfeiture of legal fees," or confiscate the cash Chapo would use to pay his bills.
Samsung officially bans suppliers from charging foreign workers recruitment fees or confiscating passports and, as a member of the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition EICCC) has also pledged to repay worker recruitment debt.
Examples include workers being charged recruitment or fraudulent travel fees, illegal wage deductions, having identity documents confiscated, and financial penalties for early exit and workers forced to pay security or 'runaway' fees.
The delegation found that Qatar was not doing enough to stop passports being confiscated or to stop workers being forced to pay high recruitment fees, which often place them in heavy debt.
We all want our icons in the desert, but let's face it, your construction workers will probably do a better job if they're not living in squalor, 10 men to a room, trapped in labour camps with their passports confiscated, working for a year just to pay back their recruitment fees.
Follows the sewage crisis story, which discovered that the police confiscated sewage trucks because the drivers hadn't paid a fee imposed by the governor, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Majid.
To secure a spot in the program, would-be trainees pay many times that amount in fees and deposits to local brokers, sometimes putting up their homes as collateral — which can be confiscated if trainees quit early or cause trouble.
His baby had been confiscated by the midwife who'd birthed the twins because he couldn't pay the delivery fees".
In a particularly enterprising move, the Janjaweed confiscated all cars, only to set up the only transportation system in the area and charge high fees for rides.
Claims included workers saying they had their passports illegally confiscated; that they were being deceived about pay level; that they were being made to pay large agency fees to secure jobs; and the working conditions involved long periods of standing without adequate rest and restricted toilet breaks.
