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Ministry of Labour receives 3,996 recruitment applications in April

Published: 07 May 2023 - 09:16 am | Last Updated: 07 May 2023 - 09:21 am

The Peninsula

Doha: The Ministry of Labour received 3,996 applications for new recruitment in April, of which 3,942 applications were approved and 54 were rejected.

The total number of requests to modify the profession was recorded at 2,087, of which 2,072 were approved and 15 were rejected.

The Ministry yesterday released its monthly statistical report for April 2023, highlighting key data and numbers within the labour sector. The bulletin also covers the outcomes of inspection visits conducted at various institutions governed by the Labour Law’s regulations.

The number of work permit applications submitted to the Ministry during the month of April amounted to about 242 applications, including 172 applications for permit renewal, and 70 applications for cancelling issued permits. In terms of inspection visits to Labour recruitment offices, the statistical bulletin showed that the ministry carried out 62 inspection visits to recruitment offices, with 61 visits in which no observations were recorded, and one warning was issued to remove a violation.

During the month of April, the Labour Inspection Department carried out intensive inspection campaigns to monitor the extent to which establishments comply with the laws and ministerial decisions concerned with regulating the Labour market in the country, with a total number of inspection visits of 3,094 visits in various regions, which resulted in issuing 675 warnings.

With regard to Labour complaints, the statistical bulletin showed that the Labour Dispute Settlement Department received 785 complaints from workers against establishments, of which 85 complaints were settled, and 8 of them were referred to the Labour Dispute Settlement Committees, and about 692 complaints remain under procedure.

The Labour Relations Department also received 162 complaints from the public, all of which have been settled.

The number of cases referred to the dispute settlement committees during the past month amounted to 132 cases.