ISLAMABAD – Overseas Pakistanis in Qatar to benefit from the new LabourLaws as Qatar has made unprecedented changes to its labor laws.
According to details, Qatar has become the first Gulf state to have enacteda non-discriminatory minimum monthly wage of 1,000 Qatari Riyals (QAR).
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The new minimum monthly wage rule will be applicable to all laborersincluding domestic workers regardless of their nationalities.
The employers will be required to pay their workers an additional QAR 300and QAR 500 for the food and accommodation respectively.
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Moreover, Qatar has also abolished the requirement for migrant workers thatrequired them to seek the permission of their employers before switchingjobs.
Earlier this year, Qatar had removed the exit permit requirement formigrant workers as well.
Both these laws have put an end to the “Kafala Sponsorship System.
