The report underscores the progressive delays in salaries, which invariably results in total non-payment, as an indicator of how businesses manoeuver the WPS to their advantage. And worker testimonies demonstrate the difficulties faced in accessing justice https://www.migrant-rights.org/2020/08/hrw-qatar-report-highlights-ongoing-wage-theft-and-lack-of-protections-despite-promises/

Qatar, however, has denied the allegations made. For example, the claim that "nearly all individuals who come to Qatar for employment never experience any form of wage abuse." This claim is inaccurate and disregards the lived experiences of tens of thousands who suffer.

And by its own admission, the authorities had failed to identify the violations until it was brought to light by this report.