Qatar targeting 100% compliance with labour reform by end of year
A year after the Wage Protection System (WPS) was introduced in the country, around 85% its 2.1 million workforce are now being paid electronically.
According to figures released by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, almost 38,000 companies in Qatar are now fully compliant with the WPS.
A senior labour ministry official told AFP that all companies will sign up to the scheme by the end of December.
“Our aim is to have 100% compliance by the end of the year. We’ve a commitment from the (remaining) 15%, we’ve contacted them,” said Mohammad Ali Al Meer, the director of Qatar’s labour inspection department.
The WPS was introduced on November 2 last year by the 2022 football World Cup host in an attempt to improve labour conditions following widespread international criticism of Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers.
Bosses of companies who do not pay their staff on time face fines of up to QR6,000 for every worker who did not receive their salary, and up to one month in jail, under the WPS.
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This is great news.. it would be nice to also know how many companies have been prosecuted for late payments to workers