Qatar has enacted law number 9 of 2026, amending certain provisions of law number 14 of 2004 (the Labour Law). The amendments were published in the Official Gazette on 25 June 2026.
The Ministry of Labour (MOL) is taking steps to implement these amendments, and ministerial resolutions are expected to be issued in due course to provide further guidance to companies falling within its jurisdiction.
The amendments represent one of the more substantive recent updates to Qatar’s on-shore employment framework and are intended to modernize labor market regulation, improve regulatory flexibility, strengthen compliance and enforcement tools, and balance the interests of employers and employees.
The key changes to the Labour Law are set out below:
Part-time and freelance workers are expressly mentioned in the amendments as categories of persons specifically excluded from the scope of the Labour Law. However, the Council of Ministers may, on the recommendation of the MOL, apply all or part of the Labour Law to these categories or issue separate regulations governing them. Employers using or intending to use these types of flexible working arrangements should monitor the anticipated implementing decisions.
Workers in certain designated occupations may be required to obtain training and examination certificates from centers accredited by the MOL. Ministerial decisions will be issued in due course to...
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