The Qatari Cabinet approved a draft law that will pave the way for the creation of a committee to resolve future labour-related disputes in the country.

The draft law, which has been referred to the Advisory Council, has amended some provisions of the Labour Law, reported Gulf Times. Modifications have been made to Law No 14 of 2004 and Law No 13 of 1990, issuing the Civil and Commercial Code of Procedure.

Under the amendment, one or more committees, named Labor Dispute Resolution Committee, will be established within the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs.

The Labor Dispute Resolution Committee will be formed under the chairmanship of a judge of the Court of First Instance chosen by the Supreme Judicial Council and two members nominated by the Minister. One of them must have experience in the field of accounting.

The Council of Ministers will decide the rules and procedures to be followed by the committee and also the mechanism for implementing its decisions and rewards.

The secretariat of the committee will be staffed by one or more employees of the Ministry, whose competency and remuneration will be determined by the Minister.

The committee will have jurisdiction in all individual disputes arising from the application of the provisions of this law or the employment contract. The commission will decide on the dispute before it within three weeks from the date of presentation.

The Qatar News Agency added that members of the Committee will be independent, with no authority over them or their decisions except the law, and no person or entity may intervene in the disputes heard by the committee.

The decisions issued by the committee shall have accelerating implementation, and only the competent department of the Court of Appeal may have the authority to suspend implementation of its decisions.

Prime Minister and Interior Minister HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, who chaired the meeting at the Emiri Diwan yesterday, has decided to refer it to the Advisory Council, according to The Peninsula.