A/HRC/44/44/Add.2 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 11

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