Ambassador of Qatar to Mexico, H E Mohammed bin Jassim Al Kuwari and other officials during the seminar.
Doha: The Embassy of the State of Qatar to the United Mexican States organised a seminar with the aim of highlighting the new developments and reforms related to the labour market in the State of Qatar. The seminar was attended by Minister of Economic Development in Mexico City Fadlallah Aqbani Hunaidi; VicePresident of the Mexican Council of Foreign Trade Jorge Lopez Morton; and President of the Arab Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jamila Touma as well as a number of senior officials, businessmen and figures in Mexican society.
In a speech on the occasion, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Mexico, H E Mohammed bin Jassim Al Kuwari, said the State of Qatar is working hard to achieve the optimal and complete implementation of all these reforms, as the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs coordinates with other ministries to improve the Wages Protection System (WPS) and implement effective measures against violating companies, pointing out that foreign workers enjoy full freedom to change employer or job, without being unfairly tied to an unfavourable contract, which means the end of the sponsorship system.
Based on its belief in justice and equality and in the right of workers and their entitlement to government support and attention, the State of Qatar announced at the end of last August various measures in their favour, most notably ending the sponsorship (kafala) system, setting the minimum wage and doing away with the No Objection Certificate (NOC) requirement, Al Kuwari stressed.
The message of the State of Qatar from the reforms that has been made is to affirm its full support for expatriate workers, Al Kuwari said, adding that the measures that have been taken marked the beginning of a new era for the Qatari labour market in the private sector, which includes expatriates.
Minister of Economic Development in Mexico City praised the efforts made by Qatar, represented by its embassy in Mexico, to strengthen relations between the two countries. He expressed his aspiration to increase economic exchange in the future, thanks to the wise Qatari leadership and the new laws issued for labour market.
