LRA sets deadline for RIX to pay expatriate employees

The Labour Relations Authority (LRA), on Thursday, ordered RIX Pvt Ltd to pay all outstanding salaries to the 179 expatriate workers currently stranded on Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, before the end of July.

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Expatriate workers at Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll. PHOTO: MIHAARU FILES

Mariyam Malsa

2020-07-24 14:34:51

The Labour Relations Authority (LRA), on Thursday, ordered RIX Pvt Ltd to pay all outstanding salaries to the 179 expatriate workers currently stranded on Bodufinolhu, Baa Atoll, before the end of July.

On July 2, 203 expatriate workers in Bodufinolhu protested over six months of unpaid wages and barred 13 local staff from leaving the island. Maldives Police Service arrested 19 individuals amid the operation to de-escalate the hostage situation.

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