This is the title of the “Labour factsheet” of the Qatar Communications Office, the Qatar government communication agency, sent on March 3 by the Mission of the State of Qatar to the European Union, with several important reforms:
- a minimum wage of 1,000 QAR per month (270 $) for all employees, including domestic workers, effective March 2021
- the removal of No-Objection Certificates allowing employees in Qatar to terminate their contract (September 2020)
- full removal of exit permits for expatriates (2018, completed 2020)
- preventing passport confiscation (under kafala)
- restriction on summer working hours between 15th June and August
- accessible healthcare, regular COVID testing (free for all residents), high-quality free medical...
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