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Labour Law - Two Days Holiday

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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 08:17

Someone has told me that employees within Qatar are allowed, by law, two 'personal' days, in addtion to their employer leave allowance. I can't find anything formal about this; can anyone help with some clarity please?

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 11:43

That's very disheartening TeePee!! I've been at mine for 3+ years (so far!) and my contract clearly says that I am entitled to gratuity for every year of service. If for any reason they try to deny me this, I will be a VERY unhappy camper. I do know others who have received it, so am hoping that at this particular agency it's not going to be an issue. Fingers crossed...

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Latest post on 21 January 2011 - 00:47

I worked for one of the ministries for almost two years and at the end was told I wasn't eligible for a gratuity, because I was engaged by an 'entity' of the ministry and my contract stated that I would get gratuity after two years. Seems that the 'entity' contract trumped the labour law! I didn't even consider contesting as my contract said two years ergo two years it must be! I just find it bizarre because in most other countries the labour law would be the benchmark and a contract that flouted the law would be declared void. But hey, ho it's Doha! No end of service money for me then.....!

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EW GURU

Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 12:19

Diwan quite poss have an exception from all laws!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 11:23

Rachel it obviously depends on who you work for in government. My hubby works for the Diwan and because of the nature of his job he does not get any public holidays (including Eid) and is not compenstated in any way for that. Also, our best friends just left who also worked for the Diwan and they were not given any end of service gratuity whatsever and there was nothing they could do about it.

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EW GURU

Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 11:04

CC - yes that's how it works. As he has 45 days a year he'd barely be working if it were working days only! Everyone's right on the extra days in the labour law. However, the basic holiday entitlement is three weeks. If you get four weeks+ then your 3 employer specified days are prob included in that (not always). Gov employees are under the human resources act. They get 45 days and also have 10 casual days they can take with no notice for family emergencies. Hubby's on one at the mo!

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EW GURU

Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 08:21

If his leave is stated in calendar days then that is why they would include the weekend if he takes either side of it. If it just says, for example "30 days" leave in his contract they will mean calendar days. They will specify "work days" if it does not include weekends. That is actually fairly standard here.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 20 January 2011 - 08:00

hi ccdoha, yes this is calendar days leave, my DH get's 45 calendar days, not the same as week days :-) It will be in the contract which one your DH has. One of those "cute" things in moving to Doha from Australia.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 19:56

Hi RachelA, Government is not covered by Labour laws. For holidays we generally do much better though :) Problem comes if you try to contest anything, the Labour Department has no control over government 'beings' so you have no higher authority to go to (..if gratuity, leave, pay was with-held or your contract was not adhered to)

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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 19:22

In what ways do the labor laws not apply to government employees. I'm a government employee and as far as I can tell we get more than the minimum required on most matters. Considering that we generally get a week or more off for each Eid, for example. What benefits do we NOT get?

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 19:17

It does depend on where you work. Unfortunately, the labour laws don't apply to government employees.

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EW OLDHAND

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 18:43

Some employers count working days and others count calendar days when giving leave - it should be specified in the contact. I've had both, and in the end the actual leave time was exactly the same.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 18:20

Ladies, I came across this some time ago (see link) : Article 78 The worker shall be entitled to annually, leave with full wage as follows: 1. Three working days for Eid EI-Fitr 2. Three working days for Eid Al-Adha 3. One working day for the Independence day 4. Three working days to be specified by the employer. If the circumstances of the work require the employment of the worker during any such leave days the provisions of article 75 of this law shall be applied to him. http://www.gulftalent.com/home/Qatar-Labour-Law-Report-15.html Hope that helps

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 17:09

That is just plain wrong!!! I have a colleague who, if he takes sunday to thursday one week, and the next sunday to thursday too, it costs him 16 days holiday, and not 10, but his entitlement is 45 days a year on that basis.

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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 17:06

sorry to hijack the thread but I have a another question about labour law and days off... DH has been told that if you take the days both "sides" of the "weekend" off, you get "charged" the weekend days as your holiday. i.e. DH ordinarily works Sun-Thur. He takes off 1 week and gets charged 5 days holiday, if he takes 2 weeks, he gets charged 12 days as they charge him the weekend that fell in between! Another example, if DH takes off Wed, Thur, (off weekends) then Sun - again he gets charged 5 days even though his days off would ordinarily be Fri and Sat! Please tell me what you think

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EW GURU

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 15:12

I thought it was actually part of the law - I know a company that puts it in their contracts and I doubt that they would do so if it wasn't part of the labour law but then maybe someone else can clarify. Or google the labour law - I've managed to find an english version of it on the web before.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 15:01

Thanks, so it is this 3 days rather than 2 that I am asking about. Is it generally accepted, part of the law, or just a casual arrangement that employers can choose to offer or not?

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 14:49

I think it all depends where you are working.

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EW GURU

Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 14:46

You are allowed 3 days for each Eid, one day for National Day and then another 3 days to be determined between yourself and your employer (ie. most westerners take xmas day, new years day, easter etc) - giving a total of 10 days public holidays per year. I've never heard anything about another 2 days personal leave on top of that and would be extremely suprised if it is in the labour law.

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