Recruitment platform facilitates businesses, supports private sector, says Al Sharqi

Doha: The coordinating joint committee between Qatar Chamber and the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) held a webinar to review the mechanisms of work of the online platform for their joint initiative of recruiting labour launched early this month.

The meeting was presided over by QC Director-General Saleh bin Hamad Al Sahrqi and MADLSA assistant undersecretary for Labour Affairs Mohamed Hassan al-Obaidli.

The meeting was attended by members of the committee Ali Busharbak Al Mansuri, Assistant Director-General for Government Relations and Committee Affairs, Abdel Aziz Al-Kawari, Director of Legal Affairs, Anoud Al-Muhannadi, Director of Member Affairs, Hamad Ali Muaiqal Al-Mari, Legal Research, Fawaz Mohamed Al-Rayyes, Director of Employment Administration at MADLSA, Abdullah Mubarak Al-Dosari, Director of Labor Relations Department, Fahad Zafer Al-Dosari, Director of Labor Inspection Department, and Mohamed Juma Al-Kawari as reporter of the Committee.

During the meeting, attendees agreed on the Committee’s working mechanism and to hold its meetings on a monthly basis, as well as discussing all issues relating to the employment platform issues concerning private sector companies related to the work of the Ministry.

The meeting also reviewed the development of platform as the only official platform for recruiting labour. MADLSA assistant undersecretary for Labour Affairs Mohamed al-Obaidli said that the platform is an important initiative by the chamber, stressing its importance for the Ministry in helping labour in the local market, especially under the current conditions of Covid-19.

He also noted that the platform would help laid-off labourers working in impacted companies move to new companies looking for new laboureres. On his part, Saleh Al Sharqi (pictured) hailed the cooperation between both sides, especially in the online recruitment platform, noting that there are about 2300 companies registered in the platform so far, assuring that it is a free initiative launched by the chamber to support impacted companies.

Al Sharqi also said that the main objective of the platform is to help facilitate businesses, noting that the chamber is keen to help companies searching for new labourers. An agreement will be signed soon between the Chamber and the Ministry to regulate the work of the platform.