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An overview of the Qatar Sponsorship Law
The "sponsorship" system in Qatar is known as "Kafala."
It is a pre-requisite under the kafala system that a foreign worker is sponsored by either a Qatari national or a legal company that takes up the responsibility of his legal status and visa requirements.
The maximum number of working hours allowed per week is 48 hours, whereas the working hours are reduced during the holy month of Ramadan to 36 hours.
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Employees are entitled to at least one day of rest per week. Friday is the common holiday for everyone except those with shift duties.
Employees under sponsorship are not allowed to work for any other employer without special permission. However, employees can switch jobs after completion of their contract period.
It is mandatory for an expatriate worker to get an exit permit from their sponsor/company if they wish to travel to their home country but under the new proposal, exit permit would soon be a thing of the past as it would no longer obligate foreign employees to do so, except some professions and the Military persons.
Sponsors are not allowed to retain the passport of their employees except for visa/immigration purposes.
The employee can sponsor his family and get a family visa after getting a letter from the employer and must fulfill the salary requirement of a minimum QAR10,000 for the private sector.
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Under the new proposal, Qatar's Cabinet has approved a number of draft laws that would give workers of all categories more rights and protection, including the possibility of switching jobs while the contract is still valid.
The Cabinet has approved a draft law on the minimum wages, another to adopt regulations that facilitate the worker's transfer from his current employer to another within the duration of the work contract in a way that protects the rights of both parties, and a third draft law to abolish exit permits for those not covered by the Labour Law, including domestic workers.
The draft laws will be applicable immediately after the relevant legislative process.
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*Law is raising but if we go to labour office they are asking again a NOC or contract
* There are lot companies, working employees without a contract
*In this case what we do ??
* Labour asking the same procedure NOC to transfer
*Especially the health care division they did not allow to transfer his/her sponsorship after the contract period in this case what we do ??
* In this case, when we go to the labor office They are asking NOC to transfer his/her medical license.
*So in this situation, the present sponsorship blackmailing or they are not showing an interested to transfer our sponsorship.
*Again we struggle to request the management to transfer our sponsorship, they are holding to transfer the medical license,
*If we go to labor department, our labor department asking the NOC to transfer our medical license
* In this case what we do ??
*There are a lot of companies dominating the labor
* So to whom we have to contact and how can you guide us
This news keep going round and round i see its becoming difficult to stamp approved on the kafala law,permits and NOC issue...how long will they keep deliberating on it since last year they said 1st January now the law is out and the legislative want to go through it again...mmm
Thanks for sharing