Qatar's New Civil Human Resources Law: A Commentary On The Changes Introduced

On 23 November 2016, Law No. 15 of 2016 with respect to Civil Human Resources (the New Law) repealed Law No. 8 of 2009 with respect to the Human Resources Management Law (the Old Law). Following this, the executive regulations of the New Law (the Executive Regulations) were published in the Official Gazette and became effective as of 30 December 2016.

Both the Old Law and the New Law govern the employment of civil servants of Qatari Ministries, other government agencies, public authorities and institutions. Similarly with the Old Law, the New Law is not applicable to members of the judiciary, employees of the Amiri Diwan, State Audit Bureau, diplomats and consular corps, university lecturers or Qatari Petroleum employees. Additionally, the New Law specifically states that it is not applicable to employees of the Qatar Investment Authority.