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We would like to inform that if they terminate your services you are entitled to compensation for termination if it is not legal as the end of service bonus is awarded and the Qatari Labor Law establishes several provisions and controls for end of service benefits as follows:

1) The worker has been employed for more than one year with the same employer

2) The remuneration shall be determined by mutual agreement

3) The remuneration must not be less than three weeks' salary for each year of service

4) End of service benefits are calculated on the basis of the last basic remuneration paid by the worker

Article 54 of the Qatari Labor Law provides that:

 In addition to any sums to which the worker is entitled to upon the expiry of his service, the employer shall pay the end of service gratuity to the worker who has completed employment of one year or more. This gratuity shall be agreed upon by the two parties, provided that it is not less than a three-week wage for every year of employment. The worker shall be entitled to gratuity for the fractions of the year in proportion to the duration of employment.

The worker’s service shall be considered continuous if it is terminated in cases other than those stipulated in article (61) of this Law and is returned to service within two months of its termination.

The last basic wage shall be the base for the calculation of the gratuity.

 The employer is entitled to deduct from the service gratuity the amount due to him by the worker.

The law gives you the right to lodge a complaint with the Labor Dispute Settlement Committee within 7 days from the date of your knowledge of the decision to terminate the services. If this period passed, the law gives you the right to file a complaint with the Labor Department at the Ministry of Development, Labor and Social Affairs and Either decision will be issued in your order if you are right to your complaint either to be reinstated to work and judge your wages due during the dismissal period or to award a fair compensation for your dismissal from work.

Article (64)

A worker shall, before his recourse to the competent tribunal, appeal to his employer against the penalty inflicted on him within seven days of being aware of such penalty. The appeal shall be decided upon within seven days of its submission. The appeal is considered rejected if this period lapses.

In the event of rejection of an appeal or if it is not decided upon within the above period, the worker may appeal to the Department against the penalty inflicted on him with seven days of the date of rejection.

The Department shall decide on the worker’s appeal within seven days of the date of the registration of the appeal. The Department’s decision shall be final.

As an exception the worker may appeal against the penalty of dismissal from work to the competent court.