DOHA: The names of companies violating labour law will be made public once the Ministry of Labour completes a review of its inspection rules, said a senior official of the ministry.
“New rules for inspection are being prepared and it will be announced soon. Once the new rules are enforced, the names of erring companies will be disclosed” Mohammad Ali Al Meer, Assistant Director of the Inspection Department at the Ministry told a local Arabic daily.
The Inspection Department will shortly hold a seminar for operators and employees of beauty salons to educate on new inspection rules before their implementation.
Al Meer said that five companies had been referred to the Public Prosecution for tampering with workers’ salary list last year. It is mandatory for the companies to submit details of salaries to the Labour Department on a monthly basis to ensure that they are paid in time.
A company was found concealing the death of a worker on work site to avoid contractual obligations, said Al Meer.
The Inspection Department detected 134 violations of Labour Law last year. Some 23 violations were detected in the beginning of this month, he said.
The most common violation is hiring workers without taking work permit from the Recruitment Department. Some companies are not facilitating inspection procedures and they are not providing necessary documents to inspectors. Some companies give false information.
There are other companies which did not allow inspectors to check their premises, he added.
The Peninsula
