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QAT-1962-L-49369
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Title_of_text
Labour Code [Act No.3 of 1962 as amended and Orders made thereunder]. Repealed.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Qatar
Subjects (Classification)
Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
1962-03-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Defines parties to a labour contract, and provides for work permits, employment contracts, severance pay, wages, hours of work and overtime work, employment of young persons, paid leave and sick leave, occupational safety and health, old age and death benefit, labour disputes, strikes and work stoppage, disciplinary measures and labour inspection. Attached to the text are subsequent amendments, regulations, and related laws.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1962-03-19
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1981-01-31 (QAT-1981-L-41710)
Law No. 2 of 1981, amending certain provisions of Labour Law No. 3 of 1962.
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2004-05 (QAT-2004-L-67387)
Qatar Labour Law 2004 (Law No. 4 of 2014).
Monograph region
Monograph title
Compilation of Labour Code laws issued between April 1962 and January 1989 (in Arabic)
Publisher
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Housing
Place of publication
Qatar
Date
1989
Page range
pp. 5-45
Monograph title
English translation, as amended to 1998
Author
Labour Department
Publisher
Ministry of Civil Service Affairs and Housing
Place of publication
Qatar
Date
1998
Page range
35 p.