DOHA: The Ministry Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs (ADLSA), in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO), organised a workshop on ‘minimum wage’ in the presence of directors, officials and experts from the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Qatar Foundation, Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, National Human Rights Committee, Qatar Chamber and Qatar University.
The workshop discussed the mechanisms and procedures for applying a minimum wage to workers subject to the provisions of the Qatari Labor Law No. 14 of 2004.
The workshop reviewed the living and economic factors in the State of Qatar in order to determine the minimum wage taking into consideration the international experiences of a variety of countries and information on international guidelines and standards for minimum wages. The workshop discussed topics such as the purpose of the minimum wage and problems and gaps that may help to address issues related to it among other issues.
