Workers' Support and Insurance Fund is a governemnt body established by Law No. 17 of 2018.
The Fund aims to support, secure and care for workers, guarantee their rights and provide them with a healthy and safe working environment.
Qatar National Vision 2030 aims to transform the State of Qatar into an advanced country capable of achieving sustainable development and ensuring the continuation of a decent life for its people, generation after generation, in a society that promotes the values of justice and equality. It has been included in the national development strategies.
In this context, and in the interest of the State of Qatar to protect the rights of workers and ensure that they receive their financial dues, and in support of the wage protection system that was established to tightly control the wages of workers subject to the Labor Law, and to complete the package of complementary legislation and laws for this system, Law No. (17) of 2018 was issued who established the Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund, and since its inception, has paid workers’ dues, which are settled by labor dispute settlement committees,
The Fund, in coordination with the aforementioned committees, is working to develop mechanisms to expedite the dismissal and disbursement procedures in order to avoid the effects of the slowdown in the previously established procedures.
Which affects the workers’ ability to fulfill their obligations towards their families or towards others, bearing in mind that the Fund’s services benefit workers in the private sector and domestic workers alike.
As we are honored to issue the attached annual report prepared by the Fund, which includes the results of the work and efforts that were made through the Fund's team during the previous year, we always aspire to achieve more achievements in order to reach the desired goals of establishing the Fund.