Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Labour (MoL) received 32,438 applications for new recruitments in May. While 31,483 applications were approved, and 955 applications were rejected.
The total number of applications for profession modification reached 4,175, with 4137 applications being approved, and 38 rejected.
According to the monthly statistical bulletin for May 2023 issued by the Ministry the number of work permit applications submitted to the Ministry during the month of May reached 1,490, including 1,084 applications for permit renewal, 86 applications for issuing new permits, and 320 applications for cancelling issued permits.
In terms of inspection visits to Labour recruitment offices, the statistical bulletin showed that the ministry carried out about 159 inspection visits of recruitment offices, 153 of which ended in acceptance, five of them in violation, and one visit for advice and guidance.
During the month of May, the Labour Inspection Department carried out intensive inspection campaigns to monitor the extent to which establishments comply with laws and ministerial decisions concerned with regulating the labour market in the country, with a total number of inspection visits of 3,857 visits in various regions, which resulted in sending a warning to 613 companies to remove the violation, while the number of violations records reached against the 64 companies.
Regarding labour complaints, the statistical bulletin showed that the Department of Labour Relations received complaints from the establishment workers against the establishment with 2,566 complaints, of which 578 complaints were settled, 13 of them were referred to the labour dispute settlement committees, and 1,976 complaints remained under procedure.
The complaints of domestic workers against employers amounted to 64.
Of these, 22 complaints were settled, 41 complaints are under procedure, and one complaint was referred to the dispute settlement committees.
The Labour Relations Department also received 138 complaints from the public and all of them were settled.
