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QAT-1992-L-31288
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Title_of_text
Act No. 14, 1992, to regulate the operation of labour-importing agencies
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Qatar
Subjects (Classification)
Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services; Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-08-11
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Only duly licensed agents are now permitted to bring foreign workers into Qatar. However, subject to special permission from the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Housing, an employer can import migrant labour himself strictly to meet his own needs. People who want to bring over domestic servants for their own household are exempt from this formality. The Act prescribes the conditions that labour-importing agents must meet to qualify for a license (minimum age of 21, bank guaranty, etc) and provides for inspection of their books and premises. Such agents are strictly forbidden to charge migrant job-seekers a fee for their placement. Travel costs and the agency commission must be paid by the employer on whose behalf the agency imports foreign labour. All existing labour-importing agencies must comply with the provisions of the Act by 19 March 1993.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1992-09-20
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Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2004-05 (QAT-2004-L-67387)
Qatar Labour Law 2004 (Law No. 4 of 2014).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1994-09-18 (QAT-1994-L-40275)
Act No. 23 of 1994 to make provision for conciliation in connection with the offences provided for in Act No. 14 of 1992, to regulate the importation of workers from abroad for third parties.
Serial region
Serial title
Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
Date
1992-08-20
Volume
Vol. 32
Number
No. 15
Page range
pp. 22-25