"Labour law to be strictly enforced", 11 January 2016

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs yesterday launched a two-week training course for 130 labour inspectors. The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr Abdullah Mubarak bin Saleh Al Khulaifi said at the launch function that the Ministry is working to implement the labour law quite strictly to improve work environment in the country in line with the Qatar National Development Strategy 2011-2016. Speaking at the opening of the training workshop he said the ministry is determined to strengthen the Labour Inspection Department which, currently, has 350 young inspectors who are keen to implement the rules and work standards. This workshop is the beginning of a series of training courses that will be held in collaboration with the Arab Labour Organization (ALO). The ministry has plans to conduct four training courses in collaboration with ALO, and is keen to enhance bilateral cooperation with it to train the inspectors in accordance with local, global and Arab standards. Al Khulaifi said the ministry is keen to provide job opportunities to legal expatriate workers. He also highlighted that the law No 1/2015 issued by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani included amendments of some provisions of the labour law, especially worker’s wage protection system...