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 It should be noted that after reviewing your inquiry and legal scrutiny we would like to inform you that the Employer may not terminate you arbitrarily. If the Employer does so, he shall pay a compensation to you in accordance with the provisions of the following Article of the Qatari Labor Code

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:-

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.

In all other cases the notification shall be given in accordance with the following periods:

1. A) If the period of service is less than one year the notification period shall be at least one week.
2. 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.
3. 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.

We would like to inform you that the period required to change the workplace is calculated as of the date of the work contract, which you can identify through the labor office

Then after you get a new job you can apply to change the employer to the General Directorate of Passports and Immigrant Affairs

at the Ministry of Interior, but this must be done after the required conditions are met:

• An expatriate shall complete a contract of employment within the country or terminate the contract applicant without legal sanctions on the expatriate.
• Complete five years or more to work, if no term is specified in the employment contract.
• If the employment contract is indefinite, the current applicant must agree to change the employer to the new applicant in the case of the termination of the applicant for the contract without completing the contract period or the five-year period.
• Bring a work contract from the new applicant