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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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Wages

28 Article

Without violating the provisions of Article 15 (1) hereof, the employer and the employee may not conclude an agreement on a basic salary less than the minimum wage determined by an Emiri resolution.

1. Wages shall be paid in the official currency of Qatar. They may also be paid in any other currency in accordance with the Government's financial system where agreed upon in writing between the employer and the employee.

Employers shall pay those employees appointed against annual or monthly salaries at least once a month, and shall pay all others at least once every two weeks.
The salary shall be paid directly to the employee during official working hours and at his normal workplace or any other place accepted by the employer. It may also be deposited in the employee's bank account or be paid to his duly authorized agent.
Where the employee is a minor, his wage may be paid to his legal guardian or closest adult relative, provided that the guardian or relative submits a written request to that effect to the employer.

30 Article

Where the employer terminates an employee's service before the end of his contract, or the employee terminates his employment in accordance with Article 18 hereof, the employer shall pay the employee his salary and any other entitlements due to him before the end of the next working day. Where, however, the employee stops working without notifying the employer in accordance with Article 18, his salary and other benefits shall be paid to him within seven days from the date of such stoppage.

31 Article

The employer shall, before the employee takes his annual leave, pay him all outstanding entitlements plus his salary for the leave period in accordance with the provisions of Article 47 of this Law

32 Article

The employer shall not compel the employee to buy foods or other goods from specified stores or from among his own products.

33 Article

1. Except where approved by the Director in accordance with Article 72 below, no portion of the employee's salary shall be deducted or withheld unless ordered by a court or by agreement with the employee himself.

Where a portion of the employee's salary is withheld by court order, the settlement of Islamic Sharia's family expenditure debts shall take priority over all other debts. The total amount withheld from the employee shall not exceed thirty-five (35) per cent of his salary.
The employer shall not collect interest on any loan made to the employee. The employer also shall not deduct more than ten (10) per cent from the employee's salary as an installment for settling such loan,unless a higher percentage is stipulated in a written agreement between the two parties. In any case, no deduction for this purpose shall exceed thirty-five(35) per cent of the employee's salary.

34 Article

Entitlements due to the employee as a gratuity or end-of-service benefit or compensation for disability or death, or as salary for his normal or sick leaves, shall be calculated as basic salary plus cost of living allowance, if any. Where the employee's wage is designated on a piece bases, thus, the basis for calculating the said entitlements shall be according to the employee's average wage plus his cost of living allowance, if any, for the past three months before the date that such amounts have become due.

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