Qatar: Significant Labor and Kafala Reforms

Click to expand Image Workers in Katara cultural heritage village in Doha, Qatar.  © 2018 Ramil Sitdikov / Sputnik via AP (Beirut) – The success of the significant labor reform measures that Qatar introduced on September 8, 2020, will depend on how well the government enforces and monitors them, Human Rights Watch said today. The reforms will allow migrant workers to change jobs without employer permission and set a higher minimum wage for all workers, regardless of nationality. Qatar is the first country in the Arab Gulf region to allow all migrant workers to change jobs before the end…

© Human Rights Watch - jeudi 24 septembre 2020