The new rule
Until recently, salaries and any other sums payable to employees
under their contract of employment were paid to an employees'
account at a bank agreed by the parties, or to an agent appointed
by the employee. However, this is being changed so that payment
will have to be made directly from the employer's local Qatari
account into a Qatari account in the name of the employee. The new
system effectively creates a Qatar to Qatar based transaction
between the employer and employee, and applies to employees whose
employment is governed by Qatar Labour Law No. 14 of 2004.
What has not changed is that salaries must continue to be paid
in Qatari currency, and, if they are employed on an annual or
monthly basis, employees must be paid at least once a month and all
other employees must be paid at least every two weeks. The material
change is that employers will be obliged to transfer salaries
directly into employees' Qatari accounts within the designated
time
