Saudi Arabian Company Slammed For Using Migrant Worker As 'Human Hand Sanitizer Dispenser'
Migrant worker was made to act as a human hand sanitizer by Saudi Aramco a Saudi Arabian oil company. The worker is seen wearing a mask and a box that dispenses hand sanitiser can be seen approaching staff. The picture was slammed by many online with some calling it modern-day slavery.
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is spreading rapidly across the globe and in this scenario offices across the world have a responsibility to maintain a safe workplace and to reassure their employees that management is appropriately monitoring and responding to the situation.
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By that we mean placing sanitizers for everywhere, keeping surfaces clean and educating workers about the situation. Talking about sanitation, an oil company in Saudi Arabia took things to the next level.
According to reports, the migrant worker was made to act as a human hand sanitizer by Saudi Aramco, a Saudi Arabian oil company.
As seen in the pictures that went viral on social media, the worker is seen wearing a mask and a box that dispenses hand sanitiser can be seen approaching staff in the lobby and outside perimeter of one of the oil behemoth's buildings.
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As reported by the Middle East Eye, the picture was slammed by many online with some calling it 'modern-day slavery'. Tarek Fatah - a Pakistani-Canadian journalist, also criticised the company saying it was a 'shocking contempt for human dignity'.
Another user wrote,'This image should wrench your heart. This is a foreign worker in Saudi's Aramco wearing a hand sanitizer dispenser. Coronavirus has brought the worst in us to the surface'.
Coronavirus truly has brought out the worst in human beings ever since the outbreak - from xenophobia to this image of a worker being treated with utter disrespect.
Here's what people had to say:
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#saudi #Aramco #abuse this is normal behaviour for these gulf Arabs pic.twitter.com/SPm86FtxNQ
¡ª salah (@KurdiMuhammad_) March 11, 2020
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Shocking contempt for human dignity in #SaudiArabia¡¯s oil company @Saudi_Aramco.
¡ª Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) March 11, 2020
Picture shows an Indian employee dressed up as a mobile hand sanitizer for the convenience of #ARAMCO¡¯s American executives. https://t.co/RuCFNKR5NY
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¡ª Rin (@rinJinx) March 10, 2020
WORK on your CSR guys, cuz if you think prevention goes beyond human rights and DIGNITY, then you seriously need to review your politics, workers deserve respect they are not SLAVES. #coronavirus #aramco pic.twitter.com/zMhfAAqZi0
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15% of #SaudiAramco @Aramco employees are foreign + 10K !
¡ª OK (@Curcomm) March 11, 2020
Mr. Safvan its shame to judge others per what we heard.. and definitely of whar i know and live with #Aramco racism is prohibited ?!https://t.co/jZm9Pp2QFC https://t.co/FoaTaxVUDW
The online statement read. "The company has immediately stopped this act and has taken steps to prevent it from happening again."
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Here's a very simple but important point - you don't need someone to carry a dispenser, you can just place a bunch of them at different places. So, why would you put someone through this undignified ordeal? By doing so, isn't the well-being of that one employee being undermined? Or does he simply not matter enough in the 'larger scheme of things?'
Currently, the Coronavirus across the world surpass 117,000 and deaths exceed 4,200. Italy¡¯s toll has gone up to 631 ¨C 168 people died within the past 24 hours. Over 10,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country, making it the worst affected besides China, which was the epicentre of the outbreak.
India reported total of 18 cases of novel coronavirus on March 10th, taking the total number of cases to 62. Of these eight have been reported from Kerala; five from Maharashtra; four from Karnataka and one from J&K in one day. Rajasthan and Kerala are top contributors with 17 positive cases of COVID-19 each.
