Study on sponsorship draft law to be completed today

Hi guys, so did someone get visa with Hep C positive, due to virus in the past, my friend gone thru treatment and viral load is clear, any chance to get work permit in Qatar?

I would like to suggest another solution .

All expats to stay a maximum of five years only. This will help push up salaries and also ensure that thre are less complaints about rights and acceptance

sponsorship system should be abolished in Qatar.only 3 sponsors lifetime is just a joke.At least make it 5 sponsors lifetime.

All were asking is abolish NOC so we can find a better job with good salary. How difficult was that to make?

If anyone thinks that THIS TIME Qatar will actually make changes, instead of just making promises, they are deluding themselves.

And five years ago in UAE:

A new labour law will make it easier for many expatriates to switch jobs.

From January 1, skilled and professional workers will no longer be required to obtain a no-objection certificate from a former employer in order to take up a new position.

Instead, they will need a visa stamp from the Ministry of Labour.

Unskilled and semi-skilled workers will still need their employers' consent, but only in the first two years of a job.

Even for lower-level staff, companies will lose the right to stop them from getting another job if the firm fails to meet basic employment standards, for example, by not paying salaries for 60 days.

Under the current system, employers can refuse to issue a no-objection certificate, forcing expatriate staff to go abroad for six months before taking up a new position. That often makes it all but impossible to secure another job.

Saqr Ghobash, the Minister of Labour, said the move was intended to "improve the labour market and limit any wrong practices".

"The UAE is determined to protect the rights and benefits of the labourers as well as their employers," the state news agency WAM quoted him as saying, "particularly those concerned with international labour policies ... whilst preserving the sovereignty of the UAE over its territories."

Last week, the minister called on the Federal National Council to hold a session discussing the issue. "When the contractual relationship ends between the two parties, logic dictates that each party becomes free in determining the new relationship they want to enter into," he wrote in a letter to the FNC.

At the same time, Mr Ghobash said the Government planned to reform rather than abolish the sponsorship system.

Labour laws are being reformed across the Gulf. Last year, Bahrain scrapped the sponsorship system, while Kuwait is overhauling its labour legislation.

In April, Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, criticised the sponsorship system used in GCC states, saying it tied migrants to their employers and enabled abuse. She urged all Gulf states to replace the system "with updated labour laws that can better balance rights and duties".

Meanwhile, 5 years ago:

Qatar may scrap worker sponsorship system

Last updated: 11 November, 2010

Doha, Nov 11 (AFP)

Qatar is considering ending the oft-criticised sponsorship system, under which employers sponsor foreign workers and have a great deal of control over them, the prime minister said today.

"Changes have been made to the sponsorship system in Qatar," and the council of ministers is "seriously studying" abolishing the system, Sheikh Hamad told reporters.

"We are studying the issue very carefully to preserve the rights of citizens and foreign workers," he added.

Sponsorship systems for foreign workers exist in most Gulf countries, which employ millions of foreigners, especially from Asia. The system has been strongly criticised by rights groups and likened to modern-day slavery.

In some cases, employers hold workers' passports and can deny them permission to change jobs.

Bahrain abolished the system in 2009, and Kuwait reportedly plans to do so by February.

Sheikh Hamad also said today that Qatar was not yet ready to hold its first partial parliamentary elections, which have been promised for several years.

Khalas its gone, they said by the end of this year (yeah didnt mention 2015)

It will be like a palindrome being flipped. Stay tuned for a brand new rehash of the good old stuff.

we need to understand the situation here that expartiate work force is majority , so there will be anxity for them to make major change. It can play havoc, at least for temporarily if not done properly.

If the Ministry approves it, brit. The NOC will be in government hands, but it will still be there. The 'kafala' system (modern slavery) is still the same!

Hurrah.. Can't wait for the new law. Then I can move to my new company for lots more money

blablabla

Just cannot understand what is going on with the new labor laws that workers are so eagerly looking forward to. A few days back I read an article at Yahoo on this matter which is as under:

Qatar 'kafala' reforms face fresh delay

By Sport360 staff | Sport360 – Tue, Jun 23, 2015

RELATED CONTENT

View Photo

Qatar 'kafala' reforms face fresh delay

Qatar's pledge to abolish its controversial "kafala" labour system by the end of 2015 is in doubt after Doha's main consultative body expressed serious concerns about proposed reforms.

Despite expectations that Qatar was close to announcing the end of "kafala", the country's Shura Council said a draft law could not yet be introduced and needed further examination, according to the Arabic-language newspaper Al Sharq.

The council's chairman Mohammed bin Mubarak al-Khulaifi also said there was "no need to hurry" in introducing the reforms, despite the government saying earlier this year that "kafala" would almost certainly be scrapped by December.

The council also appeared to propose introducing other reforms, including punishing foreign workers who "deliberately" create problems.

Government officials confirmed that further consultations would take place on the proposed changes to the system, which governs Qatar's vast army of foreign workers.

huhooommmmmm.....(bored)