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working hours." The employee may be employed for two additional hours per day, for the
maximum working hours to become ten hours per day, which governs the nature of the
relationship between the employee and the employer is the employment contract that
specified the normal working hours, which is 8 daily hours only, that is, the relationship of
contract between the domestic worker and the employer. The employment relationship
between the domestic worker and the employer is not out of the analogous relationship
between the worker and the employer in the labor law. And the nature of domestic worker
is completely different from the nature of work in factories and others sites, where domestic
worker permeates large periods of rest, and therefore the legislator did not consider setting
a specific regulation for rest periods, and therefore it is necessary to refer in this regard to
the provisions contained in the Labor Law as the general legislation which organizes
individual work relationships.
(b)
Obliging the employer to provide domestic worker with adequate food and
housing, appropriate health care, medicines and medical supplies in the event of his illness
or injury during the performance of work, or during the process of doing so, without
requiring the domestic worker to bear any financial burden. And treating the employee in a
good manner that preserves his dignity and physical integrity. In addition to not exposing
the employee’s life or health to danger, or physically or psychologically harming him in
any manner, and not to employ the employee during his sick leave, during the daily rest
times, or during the weekly holidays, unless there is an agreement between the two parties
to do so.
(c)
Obliging the employer to pay the agreed monthly wage for the employee in
the Qatari currency at the end of the Gregorian month, and not later than the third day of the
following month.
(d)
. Organizing annual leave and payment issues; so that the employee is
entitled, for each calendar year spent in service, to an annual paid vacation of three weeks
with the entitlement to air tickets. The legislator also obligated the business owner to pay
the employee, at the end of service, the end of service gratuity as well as any other amounts
that are due to the employee.
(e)
. Determine the cases of the employee terminating the employment contract
before it expires.
(f)
. Disputes between the employer and the employee are subject to Labor Law
No. 14 of 2004 and its amendments; by resorting to the aforementioned labor dispute
settlement committees.
(g)
. Compensating the employee for work injuries in accordance with the
provisions of the Labor Law referred to above.
(h)
. Imposing penalties for violators of the provisions of the law, amounting to
10 thousand Qatari riyals.
(i)
. The law also permits the employee to terminate the employment contract
before its term, while retaining his right to the indemnity, in the following cases; If the
employer violates his obligations under the employment contract or the provisions of the
law. If the employer, or his representative provided false information to the employee
regarding the terms of employment, if the employer or a member of his family assaults the
employee in a manner that affects him physically or threatens his life. If the employer or
one of his representatives knows that there is an imminent danger jeopardizing the safety or
health of the employee and does not act to address it.
2.
The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs has
established a division to receive and resolve complaints from domestic workers, and the
competent department receives complaints directly from domestic workers through social
media, the complaint will be recorded on the same day and an appointment will be made
with the employer the next day to try to settle the dispute amicably, if the parties accept the
result of the settlement, what is agreed upon will be proven in a record that has the strength
of the executive bond, if the two parties do not reach a settlement, the complaint will be
referred to the parties to settle labor disputes, in a manner that guarantees the speedy
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