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5% of the number of employees. The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and
Social Affairs, has published clear exemption criteria for those exceptions that apply, only
for highly skilled workers, such as the CEO, the financial employees, the managers who
supervise the daily company operations, and the director of information and
communications technology.
These exceptions aim to take into account the mutual interests of both parties of the
employment contract, and urge the workers with (highly skills) to coordinate with
employers, and inform them in advance about their travel programs or their final departure
from the country.
It should be noted, that there is an important guarantee referred to in Article 7 of the Law
regulating entry and exit of expatriates; It is represented in the following: (In case that the
expatriate is unable to leave the country for any reason, he may resort to the expatriate exit
complaints committee, which will decide on the grievance within three working days).
In addition, according to article 22 of the Law of regulating the entry and exit of expatriates
in State of Qatar and their residency and, there is an important guarantee, such as the given
authority to the Department Human Rights in the Ministry of Interior, to change the
employer of any worker immediately without the consent of the employer, in the event that
the latter’s decisions were arbitrary or bearing grudges against him or any form of abuse
E.
Increase the minimum wages and make mechanism to protect and
enhance them
On October 16, 2019, the Council of Ministers agrees on a draft Law to organise the
minimum wages. This law was the first type in the region, and the law obliges employers to
provide decent food and accommodation to the workers, in addition to the basic salary,
including domestic workers. The draft law also included the establishment of the minimum
wage committee, which controls the effect of the minimum wages and proposes
adjustments on a periodic basis.
An evaluation of the wages protection system was carried out in cooperation between the
Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs and the Office of the
International Labor Organization in Doha, after three years from the establishment of the
system, that aim to identify gaps and create necessary recommandations, to improve the
wages protection system. The report prepared by the two parties, was briefly reviewed on
the legal framework and institutional and the internal measures and processes related to the
wage protection system, as a unit of the Labor Inspection Department. An organized
meetings were held with all the concerned authorities in the country, with coordination the
labor Protection System Unit (WPSU) and in the presence of a number of specialized
advisors in the field and representatives of the Ministry of Administrative Development,
Labor and Social Affairs and the International Labor Organization. The results of the report
revealed recommendations for developing and monitoring the wage protection system and
increasing its effectiveness.
The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, Qatar Central
Bank and other institutions, are working on these recommendations. Materials have been
developed to raise awareness about the wage protection system and the registration process.
Discussions are under way to improve the wages protection system, so that payments can
be tracked, against the terms of the employment contract, as well as to ensure that the
payment is higher than the minimum wage, and the possibility of workers to obtain
statements upon request, can be explored. This will ensure that workers will have a detailed
analysis of how their wages are calculated.
F.
Labor inspection
In April 2019, The National Labor Inspection Policy was adopted, which indicates a major
shift towards strategic and evidence-based inspections, with a focus on data collection and
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