Recruitment procedure as per HR Law Thursday, 31 March 2011 03:01

1. He/she should be a Qatari citizen, if it is not found, then priority would be given to the children of Qatari woman married to a non-Qatari first and then the non-Qatari married to a Qatari woman or man, then the citizens of GCC then the citizens of Arab countries then other nationalities.

2. His/her age is not below 18 (eighteen) years.

3 . He/she should have the qualifications and conditions required for the job.

4. He/she passes the tests, competitions and qualifying programmes set by the government.

5. To have good character and reputation.

6. To prove to medical fitness to handle the burden of the job applied for, with a certificate from the specialist medical authority.

7. He has not been sentenced after a final verdict for a crime violating the honour or honesty until his honour has been regained.

8. He has not been dismissed from the service by a virtue or a final disciplinary decision, until at least one year has passed on the matter.

Bonuses given to the employee according to the law:

The text of the model contract contains that the modification of the job and the degree and the salary of the employee and the bonuses, allowances and other job related benefits are subject to the provisions of the law and regulations of human resources and those rights and benefits will be received according to the evaluation of the employee’s performance.

Where the Qatari employee is entitled to the increment in the first of April following the expiration of one year from the date of his appointment or the date of his entitlement to the previous increment at the rate of (1pc) to (6pc of the salary according to the level of assessment of his performance in the year of the entitlement for the allowance till his salary reaches the final grade.

The law granted the annual bonus to a Qatari employee whose salary reaches the final grade and the evaluation of his performance is not below the level of very good.

Law keen to encourage the government to develop its human resources by providing employees with opportunities for appropriate training, development and rehabilitation in order to develop and enhance their abilities and acquire new skills that improve the performance of their jobs they occupy and to qualify them to assume other responsibilities.

Associated with the employee the opportunity for appropriate training, development and rehabilitation of the report of the performance appraisal and is served by the employee in training for work where it had all the advantages enjoyed by the job and training is a failure to a breach of the duties of the job.

The law requires the graduate to work in the modern-governmental organisations that provided him with rehabilitation and training for a similar period for a period of rehabilitation, but an obligation to return the expenses of rehabilitation and training, except for monthly bonuses.

System of management and evaluation of employee’s performance

The law pointed out to establish the public department for human resources of the State at the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers with drawing up general principles for evaluating annually employees’ performances according to the clear standards and criteria and certain goals put by the Department of Human Resources aim to stimulate the individual capabilities of the employees and is based on the involvement of the employee in the process of performance review and discussion of the results of his evaluation with his boss in order to promote a spirit of cooperation between the team mates to reach at the conciliation between individual goals of the employee and the goals of the government agency where he works in addition to lead the process of continuous improvement of individual performance of the employees through periodic evaluation of their contribution to achievement of the objectives of the government agency and the evaluation will be the basis for the reward of the employee for the achievement and achieving positive results, which will motivate the employee to continuous learning for the development of human resources working in government agencies.

The law also authorised the human resource management of the government to create necessary principles and criteria for evaluating the performance of the employee and binding the destiny of the employee with the governmental organisation where he works and the director may grant an incentive to the employee who present excellent services or some works or research or proposals which help to improve the working methods or enhance the performance or savings in expenditures and the government should give the excellent employees or departments kind rewards.

And the employee will feel that the law has issued his right when he made complaint of the performance evaluation report submitted to the head of the state where the law states that “the employee may fill petition to the President within fifteen days from the date of his knowledge and the President shall rule on the appeal within thirty days from the date of submission and the expiration of the said time limit without notifying the employee about the amendment in the report will be considered as a negative decision and the decision of President shall be final. “

The employee is entitled at the time of promotion to the starting grade or upgraded class or the salary that he was receiving before the upgrade plus the addition of (10pc of it, whichever is greater, and the promotion in the grades from first to thirteenth grade of seniority and according to performance evaluation.

The resolutions of the promotion will issue from the appointing authority and will be notified the public administration through a copy of promotion decision within one week from the date of issuance and the public administration may have objection on the decision of the promotion if it is contrary to the law within sixty days from its will be considered in this case as it was not.

It is required for the promotion by the seniority that the level of employee’s performance evaluation was not below ‘very good’ for the last two years and has served the certain interface period.

According to the description, classification and arrangement of the public jobs.

The promotion of the distinguished employee by the decision of the President is possible as a special direct promotion to the upper grade with condition that the assessment of the employee’s performance level is more excellent than others. The special promotion cannot be before the expiration of ten years to the previous special promotion and it is not allowed twice in his career in the state’s job.

The employee cannot be absent from work except on leave, which authorise him for that according to the provisions of this law and if there is a gap of a working day between two official leaves the working day will be considered as a holiday and all the leave will be considered as the active service of the employee with the exception of leave without pay if it exceeds the total duration for a year then the excess period will not be considered within the period of active service of the employee. The Qatari employee will be given the patrol grant equivalent to one month’s salary in every year in condition with that the employee performs the patrol leave.

A employee will be given sick leave in case of illness, for a period not exceeding one year with full salary, if not cured it is permissible for a medical authority to grant sick leave for a maximum period of another year with half of the gross salary, if the competent medical authority guesses that the cure is difficult and expressed his inability to work he will be referred to the retirement due to the lack of medical fitness if he is Qatari and the service will end if he is non-Qatari.

Occupational Safety and Health

Law requires the government to take necessary precautions and measures to achieve safety and health in the workplace and provide medical care for their employees and their family members.