Employee Death-Employer Responsibility

Despite the on-going development of Qatar's health and safety regulation and policy tragically employees still die at work. This development has been accelerated, especially in the last 5 to 10 years. Partly as a result of such acceleration, accompanied by the high staff turnover which is usually associated with a large ex-pat work force, confusion exists as to exact nature of an employer's responsibilities when an employee dies in the course of, but not necessarily as a result of, work and the process which the officials at the various Government agencies must follow. This article sets out some of the practical steps which an employer should be aware of when dealing with the death of an employee.