Qatar: Labour law reforms


Issue 1109 - 03 Sep 2020 | 1 minute read

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani announced reforms to the country’s labour laws on 30 August, scrapping the requirement for workers to obtain consent from their employers before changing jobs and introducing a minimum wage of QR1,000 ($274) a month.

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