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The Labour Law No. 3 of 1962

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 3Date: 19/03/1962 Corresponding to 13/10/1381 HijriNumber of Articles: 77Status: Canceled

Official Gazette :Issue: 2Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1962 Corresponding to 25/07/1381 HijriPage from: 2591

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Article 18
Starting Date: 01/01/1962

1. Where an employment contract specifies no period of service, the parties may agree that each shall have the right to terminate such contract without giving reasons. In this case, however, the party terminating the contract shall be required to notify the other party as follows:

In case of employees receiving annual wages, a notification shall be directed to the other party at least one month prior to the termination date where the employee's service is less than five years. Where such service is more than five years, the notification shall be given two months prior to the intended termination date.
In other cases, the following order shall be followed:
1. Where the completed service period is less than one year, the notification shall be at least one week prior to the termination date.
2. Where the completed service period is more than one year but less than five, the notification shall be at least two weeks prior to the termination date.
3. Where the completed service period is more than five years, the notification shall be at least one month prior to the termination date.

Where a foreign employee notifies the employer of his intention to terminate an open contract but fails to perform his contractual duties before the date specified in the notification, or otherwise stopped working without giving notice, he shall leave the country and become subject to Article 2 of Law No. 3 for 1963 regulating the entry and residence of foreigners in Qatar.