The recruitment committee at the Qatar Chamber (QC) held a meeting headed by QC honorary treasurer and head of the committee Ali Abdullatif al-Misnad.
Various topics related to the recruitment of domestic workers, including maids and ways to ease the procedures of recruiting such category of workers, were discussed at the meeting.
The members discussed the possibility of opening up the market to recruit workers from various countries to reduce the potential cost on families, delay in the arrival of the maids and the review of all the clauses of the employment contract to maintain the rights of both the employer and the worker.
The committee also reviewed a suggestion by representatives of the recruitment agencies to hold a joint meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and representatives of the embassies of labour exporting countries to discuss the potential of expanding the list of countries from where maids could be recruited into Qatar.
Al-Misnad pointed out QC has addressed MOFA Consular Affairs regarding the recommendations of its first meeting last week. He said that progress on related issues will be followed accordingly to arrive at practical solutions in such an important issue as the recruitment of domestic workers because it affects the lives of many families in the country.
The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs will be also directly informed about any progress on the issues to take the necessary procedures accordingly. The next meeting of the committee is to be held after Eid al-Fitr.
