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Law No. 14 of 2004 on the promulgation of Labour Law

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 14Date: 19/05/2004 Corresponding to 30/03/1425 HijriNumber of Articles: 150Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 9Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 06/07/2004 Corresponding to 19/05/1425 HijriPage from: 229

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Collective Disputes

128 Article

A collective labour dispute is any dispute between the Employer and the whole of his Workers or some of them thereof or between a group of Employers and their Workers or a group of them, the subject matter of which is related to an interest common to all Workers or to a group of them in a certain Establishment, professional or craft or in a certain professional sector.
129 Article

If any dispute arises between the Employer and some or all of his Workers, the two parties of the dispute shall attempt to settle it between themselves, and if there is a joint committee in the Establishment the dispute shall be referred to it for settlement.

If the two parties fail to settle the dispute, the following steps shall be taken:
1. The Workers shall submit their complaint or claim in writing to the Employer with a copy thereof to the Department.
2. The Employer shall reply, in writing, to the complaint or claim of the Workers within a week from the date of receiving the same and shall simultaneously send a copy of the reply to the Department.
3. If the Employer's reply does not provide a settlement to the dispute, the Department should endeavour through its mediation to settle the dispute.
130 Article

If the mediation of the Department does not lead to the settlement of the dispute, within fifteen days from date of the Employer's reply to the Workers, the Department shall refer the dispute to a conciliation committee to decide thereon.

The conciliation committee shall be formed from:
1. A chairman to be appointed by a resolution of the Minister.
2. A member to be nominated by the Employer.
3. A member representing the Workers, to be chosen in accordance with the provision of the second paragraph of Article 125 of this Law.
The conciliation committee may seek the opinion of any of the experts prior to deciding on the dispute. It shall issue its decision in respect of the dispute within a week from the date of referral.

This decision shall be binding upon the dispute parties, if they had agreed in writing to refer the dispute to the committee before its meeting to decide on the dispute. If no written agreement had been made between them in this regard, the dispute shall be referred to an arbitration committee within fifteen days and the arbitration shall be binding upon the two parties.
131 Article

The arbitration committee shall be formed under the chairmanship of one judges, and membership of each of:
1. A representative for the Ministry, to be chosen by the Minister.
2. A representative from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Qatar, to be chosen by the chairman of the Chamber.
3. A representative of the Workers to be nominated by the "General Union of the Workers of Qatar".
132 Article

The arbitration committee shall judge on the collective work disputes and deliver a final award on a majority basis. In the case of equality of votes, the chairman of the committee shall have a casting vote.

The arbitration committee, for the performance of its work, shall peruse the papers and documents and all the evidence, and oblige those holding them to present the same, and enter into the Establishment to conduct the necessary investigation and take such procedures it deems necessary for settling the disputes.
133 Article

The Employer shall not close the place where the Workers work, stop the Work or refuse to continue to employ any Worker because of any dispute before deciding on this dispute with knowledge of the conciliation or arbitration committee.
134 Article

The Minister shall issue the decisions regulating the work of the conciliation and arbitration committees.