Workers to get back QR80mn in recruitment fees: SC

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has said the successful reimbursement of recruitment fees is one of its landmark achievements in the area of workers' welfare, as about 123 contractors and sub-contractors have agreed to pay back recruitment and relocation costs to their workers.

As a result, more than 31,800 SC and non-SC workers will collectively receive over QR80mn as reimbursements over the next 36 months, according to the Supreme Committee, which has released its fourth Annual Workers’ Welfare Progress Report for the period February 2018 - January 2019.

The report outlines a number of key milestones, challenges and priorities of the SC "as part of its continued commitment to its 30,000 workforce in the country", the Qatar News Agency (QNA) said on Thusday.

The reimbursement of recruitment fees is a first-ever initiative undertaken in the country.

Workers have also benefited from a systematic grievance redress mechanism, which allows them to raise matters of concern without fear of retaliation, QNA states. The SC’s flagship grievance platform, the Workers’ Welfare Forum, was lauded at the Labour Law Reforms conference held last October in Doha. The model is being studied by the International Labour Organisation Qatar office and the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs for wider implementation across Qatar.