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32 THE CASE AGAINST QATARworkers’ organizations of their choosing, or from bargainingcollectively, and will not discriminate or retaliateagainst workers who participate, or seek to participate, insuch organizations and collective bargaining. Contractorwill engage with such workers’ representatives and workers’organizations, and provide them with information neededfor meaningful negotiation in a timely manner. Workers’organizations are expected to fairly represent the workersin the workforce.2) Contractor shall not engage in the following employmentpractices:a. contracting with source-country recruiting agencies thatimpose employment-related fees or that work with subagentsor brokers who charge such fees at the level of theoriginating town or village;b. failing to pay any migrant worker employment-relatedfees incurred, including visa, passport, and medical examinationfees and any government-imposed fees, such astaxes and insurance, or failing to reimburse workers for anysuch fees paid, including those paid to recruiting agenciesor their affiliates, in Qatar or source countries;c. failing to pay migrant workers for any and all travel costsassociated with travel from source countries to Qatar,including from home villages to capital cities prior to internationaltravel, including failing to reimburse workersfor any such travel costs incurred;d. withholding migrant worker wages, including the firstmonth or two months of wages and including as “security”to prevent their flight;End notes1Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right toOrganize Convention, C. 87, Art. 2 (1948), available at:http://www.ilo.org/ilotex/english/convdisp1.htm2Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) Digest of Decisions(2006 Digest) P. 209; See also the 1996 Digest, P. 205;and 308th Report, Case No. 1900, P. 182.32006 Digest P. 219-220 (Public servants and employees“without distinction whatsoever” have the right to establishand join organisations of their choice to defend their interests);Id. at P. 899 (Seafarers should not be denied the rightto engage in collective bargaining); Id. at P. 255 (All workersregardless of the length of employment, enjoy the rights underC087); Id. at P. 267 (“Domestic workers are not excludedfrom…” C087); Id. at P. 241, 243 (Agricultural and plantationworkers should enjoy the right to organise); Id. at P. 210, 215(Laws prohibiting unionization based on nationality or alienageviolate C087).42006 Digest P. 283-287 (Finding that even 30 workers may betoo high a threshold, as the analysis must “take into account”the number of small businesses operating in the country).52006 Digest at P. 315-317, see also P. 32462006 Digest P. 3197A contractor is any local or foreign establishment that hascontracted and subcontracted workers to perform labor on orrelated to a project site over which the Supreme Committeefor Qatar 2022 has purview.e. failing to report workplace deaths and injuries to Qatariauthorities; andf requiring workers to labor during any hours during whichclimate conditions are extreme and susceptibility to heatrelatedailments, such as dehydration and stroke, is high,regardless of whether labor during such hours is legallypermissible.3) Contractor shall provide prompt redress, and if necessary,compensation, to any worker who sustains material loss orharm as the result of any breach of the above provisions.4) Any breach of the above provisions will result in the impositionof material financial penalties on Contractor. Repeatedbreaches will lead to the termination of the contract betweenthe Supreme Committee and Contractor. Depending on theseverity of the violations, the Supreme Committee may suspendContractor from eligibility for future contracts from theSupreme Committee.