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Doha
Qatar will open a shelter and human welfare centre to provide assistance and protection to victims of human trafficking and help them rehabilitate and integrate into society, Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs HE Dr Issa bin Saad al Jafali al Nuaimi announced on Sunday.
It will also provide shelter for temporary workers until their exit from the state is ensured, he said.
This came on the sidelines of the Filipino community's celebration of the 120th Philippine National Day and the Filipino Migrants Day in Doha on Sunday.
Nuaimi said the ministry is in the process of establishing a workers' support fund to deal with the payment of workers' financial dues upon the decision of the Labor Dispute Settlement Committee, in case their employers go bankrupt.
He said Qatar has taken several measures and introduced laws to protect the rights of workers and to create a healthy and safe working environment.
Qatar has launched a package of policies and legislative amendments to achieve decent work environment for expatriate workers and to establish and promote balanced and productive working relations between the two parties, he added.
Nuaimi said Qatar has introduced a number of laws in favour of workers in the country, including Law No. (1) of 2015, amending certain provisions of the Labor Law, including the introduction of the Wage Protection System, which guarantees the transfer of workers' wages to their local bank accounts, as well as Law No. (21) of 2015 regulating the entry and exit of expatriates and their residence, which came into force at the end of 2016.
Nuaimi referred to Law No. 13 of 2017 amending certain provisions of the Labour Law, including the establishment of Labor Dispute Settlement Committee, with a view to establishing a speedy and effective remedy mechanism for the settlement of disputes between workers and employers.
He said Qatar also introduced domestic workers act.
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