15 August 2022
18 Muharram 1444
عربي
Article 1 - (Amended By Law 6 /2009) Starting Date : 23/03/2009 For the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings herein assigned to them, unless the context requires otherwise: 1 Ministry: means the Ministry of Labour. 2 Minister: means the Minister of Labour. 3 Department: means the Labour Department at the Ministry, and in the application of the provisions of Articles 12, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23/2/1, and 27 of this Law, the Department of National Labour Force Development. 4 Employer: means any natural or legal person who employs one or more persons for Remuneration. 5 Worker: means any natural person who receives a Remuneration or to whom a Remuneration accrues in respect of services rendered under the Employer’s management and control. 6 Trainee: means any natural person who has a contractual relationship with the Employer to be taught the basics of a profession or a craft to increase his/her knowledge in the business of the Employer. 7 Juvenile: means any natural person who has reached the age of sixteen but who has not reached the age of eighteen. 8 Work: means any human effort, whether intellectual, technical or physical exerted in return for Remuneration. 9 Employment Contract: means an agreement, whether for a fixed or an unfixed period, concluded between an Employer and Worker. The Worker undertakes to carry out certain Work for Remuneration on behalf of an Employer under his management and control. 10 Basic Wage: means the Remuneration paid to the Worker, including only the annual allowance and no other payment, for the Work he performs in a certain period of time, or on the basis of piecework or production. 11 Remuneration: means the Basic Wage in addition to all the allowances, compensations and the gratuities that are paid to the Worker for the Work or on its occasion, whatever its type and the method of its calculation. 12 Occupational Training: means providing occupational training, improving occupational skills and advancing occupational skills of Workers. 13 Licensed Physician: means a person who holds licence to be a medical practitioner in the State of Qatar. 14 Institution: means any Establishment whose capitalization is not less than 51% of the total capitalization and is headquartered in the State of Qatar. 15 Establishment: means any project that is managed by a natural or legal person that employs one or more people. 16 Continuous Service: means an uninterrupted service of the Worker with the same Employer or his legal successor, and such service shall not being interrupted in case of having holidays or absence permitted legally or by agreement, or by the cessation of the Work in the Establishment for a reason beyond the Worker’s control. 17 Temporary Work: means the Work whose nature necessitates its execution within a limited period, or that focuses on a certain job and ends by the completion thereof. 18 Incidental Work: means the Work that is not the regular activity of an Employer and which shall not continue for more than four weeks. 19 Occupational Injury: means any occupational diseases listed in Schedule 1 of this Law, any other injury occurring while carrying out Work on behalf of an Employer, injury occurring while travelling to and from places where Work was conducted, provided there was no divergence and interruption from normal route and routine between the place where Work was performed and the Establishment. 20 Worker’ Organizations: means the Workers’ committees, the general committees of the profession or industrial Workers, and the General Union of Qatar’s Workers. 21 Competent Medical Authority: means the authority determined by the National Health Authority.
Article 1 - (Amended By Law 6 /2009) Starting Date : 23/03/2009
Last Article Text (Amended By Decree 22 / 2007) Starting Date : 01/10/2007 Expiry Date: 23/03/2009
For the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings herein assigned to them, unless the context requires otherwise: 1 Ministry: means, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs 2 Minister: means, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. 3 Department: means the Labour Department at the Ministry, and in the application of the provisions of Articles 12, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23/2/1, and 27 of this Law, the Department of National Labour Force Development. 4 Employer: means any natural or legal person who employs one or more persons for Remuneration. 5 Worker: means any natural person who receives a Remuneration or to whom a Remuneration accrues in respect of services rendered under the Employer’s management and control. 6 Trainee: means any natural person who has a contractual relationship with the Employer to be taught the basics of a profession or a craft to increase his/her knowledge in the business of the Employer. 7 Juvenile: means any natural person who has reached the age of sixteen but who has not reached the age of eighteen. 8 Work: means any human effort, whether intellectual, technical or physical exerted in return for a Remuneration. 9 Employment Contract: means an agreement, whether for a fixed or an unfixed period, concluded between an Employer and Worker. The Worker undertakes to carry out certain Work for Remuneration on behalf of an Employer under his management and control. 10 Basic Wage: means the Remuneration paid to the Worker, including only the annual allowance and no other payment, for the Work he performs in a certain period of time, or on the basis of piecework or production. 11 Remuneration: means the Basic Wage in addition to all the allowances, compensations and the gratuities that are paid to the Worker for the Work or on its occasion, whatever its type and the method of its calculation. 12 Occupational Training: means providing occupational training, improving occupational skills and advancing occupational skills of Workers. 13 Licensed Physician: means a person who holds licence to be a medical practitioner in the State of Qatar. 14 Institution: means any Establishment whose capitalization is not less than 51% of the total capitalization and is headquartered in the State of Qatar. 15 Establishment: means any project that is managed by a natural or legal person that employs one or more people. 16 Continuous Service: means an uninterrupted service of the Worker with the same Employer or his legal successor, and such service shall not being interrupted in case of having holidays or absence permitted legally or by agreement, or by the cessation of the Work in the Establishment for a reason beyond the Worker’s control. 17 Temporary Work: means the Work whose nature necessitates its execution within a limited period, or that focuses on a certain job and ends by the completion thereof. 18 Incidental Work: means the Work that is not the regular activity of an Employer and which shall not continue for more than four weeks. 19 Occupational Injury: means any occupational diseases listed in Schedule 1 of this Law, any other injury occurring while carrying out Work on behalf of an Employer, injury occurring while travelling to and from places where Work was conducted, provided there was no divergence and interruption from normal route and routine between the place where Work was performed and the Establishment. 20 Workers Organizations: means the Workers’ committees, the general committees of the profession or industrial Workers, and the General Union of Qatar’s Workers. 21 Competent Medical Authority: means the authority determined by the National Health Authority.
Last Article Text Starting Date : 02/01/2005 Expiry Date: 01/10/2007
For the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings herein assigned to them, unless the context requires otherwise: 1 Ministry: means the Ministry of Civil Services Affairs and Housing. 2 Minister: means the Minister of Civil Services Affairs and Housing. 3 Department: means the Labour Department at the Ministry. 4 Employer: means any natural or legal person who employs one or more persons for Remuneration. 5 Worker: means any natural person who receives a Remuneration or to whom a Remuneration accrues in respect of services rendered under the Employer’s management and control. 6 Trainee: means any natural person who has a contractual relationship with the Employer to be taught the basics of a profession or a craft to increase his/her knowledge in the business of the Employer. 7 Juvenile: means any natural person who has reached the age of sixteen but who has not reached the age of eighteen. 8 Work: means any human effort, whether intellectual, technical or physical exerted in return for a Remuneration 9 Employment Contract: means an agreement, whether for a fixed or an unfixed period, concluded between an Employer and Worker. The Worker undertakes to carry out certain Work for Remuneration on behalf of an Employer under his management and control. 10 Basic wage: means the Remuneration paid to the Worker, including only the annual allowance and no other payment, for the Work he performs in a certain period of time, or on the basis of piecework or production. 11 Remuneration: means the Basic Wage in addition to all the allowances, compensations and the gratuities that are paid to the Worker for the Work or on its occasion, whatever its type and the method of its calculation. 12 Occupational Training: means providing occupational training, improving occupational skills and advancing occupational skills of Workers. 13 Licensed Physician: means a person who holds licence to be a medical practitioner in the State of Qatar. 14 Institution: means any Establishment whose capitalization is not less than 51% of the total capitalization and is headquartered in the State of Qatar. 15 Establishment: means any project that is managed by a natural or legal person that employs one or more people. 16 Continuous service: means an uninterrupted service of the Worker with the same Employer or his legal successor, and such service shall not being interrupted in case of having holidays or absence permitted legally or by agreement, or by the cessation of the Work in the Establishment for a reason beyond the Worker’s control. 17 Temporary Work: means the Work whose nature necessitates its execution within a limited period, or that focuses on a certain job and ends by the completion thereof. 18 Incidental Work: means the Work whose nature necessitates its execution within a limited period, or that focuses on a certain job and ends by the completion thereof. 19 Occupational Injury: means any occupational diseases listed in Schedule 1 of this Law, any other injury occurring while carrying out Work on behalf of an Employer, injury occurring while travelling to and from places where Work was conducted, provided there was no divergence and interruption from normal route and routine between the place where Work was performed and the Establishment. 20 Workers Organizations: means the Workers’ committees, the general committees of the profession or industrial Workers, and the General Union of Qatar’s Workers. 21 Competent Medical Authority: The authority determined by the Ministry of Public Health.