I used to work in an independent school. I resigned from the job in March 2012 due to some reasons. It was in the news that experienced teachers will get QR12,600 monthly salary with effect from September 2011.
The school management announced that there are some documentation formalities to be done and these revisions in salaries will be implemented later. Now last month all teachers got the salary arrears from the month of September 2011-till August 2012.
When I called the school regarding this, they gave me the excuse that I will not get anything because I resigned before June 2012. I would like to know the rule regarding my case.
I did not get any end of service benefit yet, they said that when I leave Qatar only I will get my end of service. What does labour law says about this?
Name withheld on request
The employee has the right to resign from his job, the resignation should be submitted at the same office that recruited the employee.
The resignation will be accepted only when it does not put any condition and mention the date of the end of the service.
The department concerned will take the final decision on the resignation letter within 30 days from the date of submission, otherwise it will be considered accepted by default as per the law. The employee should keep working until he is notified about the final decision taken on his resignation or 30 days have passed from the date of submitting the resignation.
Regarding the end of service benefits, the law stipulates that the employee who has completed at least one year in public sector, deserves the end of the service benefits.
The end of service benefits for expatriates will be calculated one month salary for each year during his service with the government organisations.
The last salary of the employee will be considered for the calculation of the benefits of the end of service.
Notably, the salary scales of the teachers have been changed according to the Human Resources Law Number (8 for 2009) and Emiri Decision Number (50 of 2011) that was enforced in the Independent Schools starting from September 1, 2011.
The administration of the independent schools paid the salaries of the teachers with retrospective effect.
According to what was mentioned in the question, the administration should pay the salary to the teacher who has resigned (before the implementation of new salary scale) from the date of the implementation of the increment to date accepted his resignation for the equality. And he was not paid the end of service benefits yet.
So, we advise the victim to go to the Labour Court for his salary differences according to the Human Resource Law Number (8 for 2009) and to demand the end of service benefits that should be paid just after approval of the resignation or passing 30 days from the date of submission of the resignation.
The employer should pay the wage of the worker and other dues within maximum of seven days from the date he left the job.
There is no connection between getting the end of service benefits and other dues and leaving Qatar for good because the end of service benefits should be paid immediately after leaving the job without any term or condition.
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