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Law No. 14 of 2004 on the promulgation of Labour Law

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 14Date: 19/05/2004 Corresponding to 30/03/1425 HijriNumber of Articles: 150Status: In force
Official Gazette :Issue: 9Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 06/07/2004 Corresponding to 19/05/1425 HijriPage from: 229
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Employment of Juveniles

  • 86 Article

    A Juvenile who has not attained the age of sixteen may not be employed in Work of whatever nature and shall not be permitted to enter into any of place of Work.

  • 87 Article - Amended

    (As amended by virtue of Article 2 of Law No. 6 of 2009)
    A Juvenile may not be employed without the consent of his father or guardian and the issuance of a special permission from the Department.
    If the Juvenile is a Qatari student, approval of the Minister of Education & Higher Education shall be obtained.
    Juveniles shall not be appointed in Work in which the nature and circumstance of the performance may harm their health or safety or morals. An order determining such Work shall be issued by the Minister.

  • 88 Article

    The Juvenile shall not be employed before he has been medically examined by the Competent Medical Authority, and confirmation of his fitness for the Work has been approved. The Employer shall repeat the medical examination at least once a year.

  • 89 Article

    The Juvenile shall not work between sunset and sunrise or in the rest days or in the official holidays or more than the normal working hours. He shall not stay at the place of the Work site for more than seven consecutive hours.

  • 90 Article

    The ordinary working hours for the Juvenile shall not exceed thirty-six hours per week at the rate of six hours per day, except for the month of Ramadan when the working hours shall not exceed twenty-four hours per week at the rate of four hours per day.
    The time spent by the Juvenile in movement to and from the place of Work and his residence shall not form a part of the working hours.
    The working hours shall include one or more intervals for rest and the taking of meals and the Juvenile shall not work for more than three consecutive hours. Such interval or intervals shall not be calculated in the working hours.

  • 91 Article

    The Employer shall keep in the Juvenile's special file his birth certificate, the health fitness certificate and the periodical medical examination reports, which are signed by the Employer.

  • 92 Article

    Any Employer who employs one or more Juvenile shall be obliged to do the following:-
    1. Submit to the Department a statement showing the name and Work of the Juvenile along with the date of employment.
    2. Post up in a conspicuous place a clear statement of the working hours, the Juveniles employed by him and their intervals of rest.

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