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Doha: The Cabinet, in its regular weekly meeting, approved a draft law amending some provisions of the Labour Law.
The draft law has been prepared due to concern for the rights of workers and to simplify litigation procedures in labour disputes.
The Prime Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the meeting at Emiri Diwan.
The Cabinet approved a draft law amending some provisions of the Labor Law promulgated by Law No. (14) of 2004 and Law No. (13) of 1990 issuing the Civil and Commercial Code of Procedure.
The Cabinet decided to refer it to the Advisory Council.
Under the amendment, one or more committees, named Labor Dispute Resolution Committee, will be established within the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs.
The Labor Dispute Resolution Committee will be formed under the chairmanship of a judge of the Court of First Instance chosen by the Supreme Judicial Council and two members nominated by the Minister. One of them must have experience in the field of accounting.
The Council of Ministers will decide the rules and procedures to be followed by the committee and also the mechanism for implementing its decisions and rewards.
The office of the committee will be decided by the Minister.
The secretariat of the committee will be staffed by one or more employees of the Ministry, whose competences and remuneration will be determined by the Minister.
The committee will have jurisdiction in all individual disputes arising from the application of the provisions of this law or the employment contract.
The commission will decide on the dispute before it within three weeks from the date of presentation.
Members of the Committee shall be independent, with no authority over them in their decisions except the law, and no person or entity may intervene in the disputes heard by the committee.
The decisions issued by the committee will have to be implemented fast and only the competent department of the Court of Appeal may have the authority to suspend implementation of its decisions.
The Article (6) of the above mentioned Law No. (13) of 1990 and the item (7) of Article (126) of the mentioned Labor Law shall be repealed. Any provision contrary to the provisions of this law shall also be repealed.
