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It should be noted that after reviewing your inquiry and legal scrutiny we would like to inform you that in case of termination of the employment contract, the employee is given up to three months’ time as a grace period to find new employment by notifying the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs.

If the worker finds a new job, he or she should return to the Ministry and present the new employment contract.

In the event of termination of your services with the company and termination in accordance with the law as stipulated in Article (49) of the Labor Law:

Article (49):

If the service contract is of an indefinite duration any of the two parties thereto may terminate it without giving the reasons for the termination. In this case the party intending to terminate the contract shall notify the other party in writing as follows:-

1. In respect of the workers who receive their wages annually or monthly, the notification shall be given not less than one month prior to the date of the termination if the period of service is five years or less. If the period of service is more than five years, the notification period shall be at least two months prior to the date of termination.
2. In all other cases the notification shall be given in accordance with the following periods:
3. A) If the period of service is less than one year the notification period shall be at least one week.
4. B) If the period of service is more than one year and less than five years the notification period shall be at least two weeks.
5. C) If the service period is more than five years the notification period shall be at least one month. If the contract is terminated without observing these periods, the party terminating the contract shall be obligated to compensate the other party for an amount equivalent to the wage for the notice period or the remaining part thereof

On the other hand it must be clarified that the sponsorship system in the country is no longer applied has been canceled and has become the relationship related to the nature of the contract signed between the worker and the employer and also linked to the law regulating the entry of expatriates to Qatar and therefore return to Article 21 of the same law we find that it provides for the following :

Article 21

The employer, the Competent Authorities, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs may agree to transfer the Foreign National laborer to another employer before the time limit in the contract has been reached or after five years of working for the employer if the contract did not specify a time period.

The Foreign National laborer may, with authorization from the Competent Authorities and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, transfer to another employer in the event of the Recruiter’s death or dissolution of the body corporate for any reason.

In all cases, the employer serving as the Recruiter shall not have his legal rights, or the contract between him and Foreign National, violated, in accordance with the referenced Labor Law. 

The aforementioned article organized the cases of which the employee can transfer to another company as follow:

• With an approval from the employer (Whatever the contract type is)

• After completing five years on unfixed term contract

• The end of the fixed term contract

• The death of the employer

In the event that the intended question is otherwise, you can kindly ask us in detail and we will respond to it in the shortest time frame.