Amir issues law on localising private sector jobs, MoL to develop plan

Doha: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued Law No. (12) of 2024 on localising the private sector jobs yesterday. The law will be effective...

Doha: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued Law No. (12) of 2024 on localising the private sector jobs yesterday. The law will be effective six months after it is published in the official gazette.

This legislation aligns with Qatar National Vision 2030, particularly within the pillar of human development, by facilitating strategic investments and creating opportunities for employment and training for Qatari citizens. It also supports the Third National Development Strategy, which aims to effect a fundamental transformation towards a more productive labour market, focusing on high-skills jobs.

This transformation will be achieved by leveraging a highly skilled Qatari talent pool while also attracting foreign talents with advanced skills.

The law seeks to significantly increase the effective participation of the national workforce in private sector institutions and companies, opening up new employment and career opportunities for Qataris and the children of Qatari women, thereby maximising the utilisation of qualified national competencies.

In this context, the Ministry of Labour (MoL) clarified that the primary objectives of the law include enhancing the attractiveness of the labour market to the national workforce, increasing the ability of companies to attract and integrate citizens, encouraging Qatari participation in the private sector, ensuring job stability for national cadres, developing the professional skills of the national workforce, meeting the labour market’s demand for qualified personnel, and incentivising private sector companies and establishments to increase the participation of the national workforce.