The Ministry of Labour’s statistical bulletin for the second quarter of 2024 showed that the Labour Licensing Department received approximately 99,458 applications, including 15,969 for new recruitment, 66,898 for general work permits (personal number extension), and 2,804 applications for special work permits (family sponsorship / GCC nationals / investors / beneficiaries of property ownership, etc.). The total number of requests for profession modification reached 13,787.
Regarding labour complaints, the statistical bulletin showed that the Labour Dispute Department received 6,849 complaints, of which 2,228 were settled. The Labour Dispute Department also received 345 public reports, all of which were resolved.
According to the statistical bulletin for the second quarter regarding the Labour Dispute Settlement Committees, the number of cases referred to the committees during the second quarter of the current year reached approximately 1,831, with a total of 1,229 decisions issued by the committees.
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regard to employment contracts, the statistical bulletin indicated that Labour Relations Department processed around 220,877 applications for contract authentication, with 21,078 requests submitted for labour secondment.
On the supervisory role of the Ministry of Labour over establishments subject to the labour market, the inspection visits conducted by the Ministry’s teams revealed the level of compliance of companies and establishments with the Labour Law and the regulatory decisions of the labour market, noting an increase in the percentage of inspection visits that concluded without registering any remarks.
The statistical bulletin showed that the Ministry carried out approximately 705 inspection tours of recruitment offices during the second quarter, 683 of which concluded without any remarks, with 4 warnings issued for violations, and 12 companies being fully or partially shut down, and one violation report being registered.
The Labour Inspection Department also conducted intensive inspection campaig
ns during the second quarter to monitor the compliance of establishments with the laws and ministerial decisions regulating the labour market in the country, with a total of 12,816 inspection visits across various areas. These resulted in 1,564 warnings issued to companies to rectify violations, while the number of violation reports against companies reached 1,646. Additionally, the Occupational Safety and Health Department conducted approximately 5,539 inspection visits to work sites and workers’ accommodations.
The Ministry of Labour urges business owners, companies, and institutions subject to the provisions of the Labour Law to comply with the law and the regulatory ministerial decisions to contribute to enhancing the work environment in Qatar.
The digital transformation journey implemented by the Ministry of Labour has contributed to streamlining procedures and speeding up the completion of transactions, which positively reflected on the performance of the service departments within the Ministry during
the second quarter of 2024.
Source: Qatar News Agency