An infographic produced by the International Labour
for September
Organisation can be seen by
2020
clicking the thumbnail at right.
6 October 2020
It is estimated that about 400,000
Qatari workers are likely to bene t,
their current salaries being below
this minimum. There are a total of about 2 million migrant
workers in Qatar, making up nearly 90% of the country’s
population.
The law also provides for a Minimum Wage Commission to be
set up, which will review and propose adjustments, going
forward.
Singapore remains ideologically opposed to legislating a
minimum wage, certainly not for foreign workers.
Monitoring will be a challenge
Kader’s girlfriend,
wife and baby
6 October 2020
Raju told to go
home, “then my
case how?”
5 October 2020
Monzurul
accumulates
wealth — of
English words
3 October 2020
Palm oil products
from Malaysian
Like in Singapore, salary abuses are among the most common
company banned
complaints from migrant workers in Qatar. In 2015, Qatar set up
from US because
its Wage Protection System (WPS), which represented an
of labour abuses
important step forward. Over the years however, it has become
1 October 2020
apparent that operationally, there is much room for
improvement.
How does the WPS work?
Employers have to ensure that all their employees have
bank accounts.
Every payday, employers have to submit to their
respective banks a spreadsheet showing the wages to be
paid to each employee.
Tags
Abuse & bullying
Accident reporting
Advocacy
Employers are to transfer to the bank the total amount of
Con nement
money needed to make the payments.
Contract problems
The bank will distribute the money to employees’
accounts.
Criminal charges
The bank will then forward the spreadsheet to the Qatari
Domestic
Central Bank and the government.
O cials in the government (called checkers and blockers)
Donations
may scrutinse the details and if an employer has not paid
Economics of
wages for the month, the employer may be blocked from
getting new work permits or renewing them.
migration
ECT
Family