The law defines household work as the services a domestic help provides to his/her sponsor or those living with the sponsor in family residences, in line with the terms of the contract between them and “established norms”, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
Domestic workers include drivers, nannies, cooks, gardeners and others doing similar jobs.
Further, the draft law defines both the sponsor and the domestic worker as natural persons. The domestic worker carries out household works under the management and supervision of the sponsor in return for wages in line with the contract and “established norms”.
The new law is a major step towards regulating the services of domestic workers as they are not covered under Qatar's labour law. When the law takes effect, the employment contract and established norms will dictate the terms of the relationship between the sponsor and the worker. It is expected to be hugely beneficial to the workers.
HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular weekly meeting at the Emiri Diwan on Wednesday.
Images, videos of accident victims
Speaking to QNA after the session, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud said the Cabinet also took the necessary measures to issue, after referring to the Advisory Council’s recommendations on the matter, a draft law that includes penalties for clicking, recording and sharing images and videos of accident victims.
The draft law amends some provisions of the Penal Code, which was issued as Law No 11 of 2004, and stipulates that anyone who takes or circulates photographs or videos of accident victims through any device in any unauthorised way will be punished.
The amendments are aimed at prohibiting the widely prevalent practice of sharing accident victims' pictures, mostly on social media platforms, and the Cabinet had referred the matter to the Advisory Council in September 2016.
According to earlier reports, Article 333 of the law states that “whoever illegally intrudes into another person’s private life and without consent” through different means, including “taking or transmitting somebody’s photographs or pictures of other persons in a private place using any type of device”, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year in prison and/or a fine not exceeding QR5,000.
Also, Article 331 stipulates that “whoever spreads news, photographs or comments related to a person’s private life, or that of his family, even if true”, can be punished with a maximum jail term of one year and a fine of up to QR5,000, or either.
Domestic workers include drivers, nannies, cooks, gardeners and others doing similar jobs.
Further, the draft law defines both the sponsor and the domestic worker as natural persons. The domestic worker carries out household works under the management and supervision of the sponsor in return for wages in line with the contract and “established norms”.
The new law is a major step towards regulating the services of domestic workers as they are not covered under Qatar's labour law. When the law takes effect, the employment contract and established norms will dictate the terms of the relationship between the sponsor and the worker. It is expected to be hugely beneficial to the workers.
HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular weekly meeting at the Emiri Diwan on Wednesday.
Images, videos of accident victims
Speaking to QNA after the session, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud said the Cabinet also took the necessary measures to issue, after referring to the Advisory Council’s recommendations on the matter, a draft law that includes penalties for clicking, recording and sharing images and videos of accident victims.
The draft law amends some provisions of the Penal Code, which was issued as Law No 11 of 2004, and stipulates that anyone who takes or circulates photographs or videos of accident victims through any device in any unauthorised way will be punished.
The amendments are aimed at prohibiting the widely prevalent practice of sharing accident victims' pictures, mostly on social media platforms, and the Cabinet had referred the matter to the Advisory Council in September 2016.
According to earlier reports, Article 333 of the law states that “whoever illegally intrudes into another person’s private life and without consent” through different means, including “taking or transmitting somebody’s photographs or pictures of other persons in a private place using any type of device”, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year in prison and/or a fine not exceeding QR5,000.
Also, Article 331 stipulates that “whoever spreads news, photographs or comments related to a person’s private life, or that of his family, even if true”, can be punished with a maximum jail term of one year and a fine of up to QR5,000, or either.
