Ministry of Labour upgrades employment contract authentication e-service – The Peninsula

Ministry of Labour upgrades employment contract authentication e-service – The Peninsula

Doha: The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has announced upgrading the employment contract authentication e-service, whereby contracts are now checked automatically within minutes after completing the contract authentication request.

The new automated contract auditing service includes all work contracts, with the exception of work contracts for specialized professions that require auditing of professional certificates.

The process of electronic auditing contract service is subject to the criteria specified in the Labour Law and all ministerial decisions regulating the authentication of work contracts, as the new service will expedite the process, in addition to ensuring that contracts conform to all specified standards and are conducted in an electronic manner.

In order to complete the contract authentication service, the company must have a smart card to verify the identity of the establishment official to access the service through the National Authentication System (NAS), a valid bank payment card to pay the fees through the payment gateway linking with Hukoomi website, complete data registration of the contract for the two parties to the relationship including the worker, the employer, and the copy of the contract extracted from the system is printed in the Arabic language and the worker’s language and signed by the two parties to the contractual