(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
DOHA: The Labour Inspection Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has called a press conference tomorrow (Wednesday) to announce the official launch of Wage Protection System (WPS) reports Al Sharq.
Under the WPS system all private sector workers will be paid salaries online through banking channels.
Qatar had earlier postponed the launch of the mandatory online wage payment system for low-income private sector workers and was scheduled to be launched on August 17 when the six-month period allowed to private companies on February 18 ended.
However the government decided on August 17 to put off the launch until a new date as some companies were not ready yet to be part of the WPS. So they have been allowed more time to comply.
Several banking and financial institutions are taking part in WPS being implemented by the Labour Ministry in coordination with Qatar Central Bank (QCB).
The supervisory authority is the ministry which has set up a separate inspection unit with inspectors to monitor WPS. Companies that fail to comply with WPS will be taken to task.
Companies (covered by the labour law as private firms) will have to make CSV files to save data in a table-structured format. The tables will carry workers’ names and payable salaries in serial numbers.
Companies will also be required to save CSV files in CDs or whatever other format they and their banks agree. All WPS beneficiary workers will have bank accounts it is understood. A company will transfer salaries of its WPS-beneficiary workers to its bank which will check data and whether the firm has sufficient balance in its account. If not the bank would get back to the company.
Otherwise the bank will credit online salaries of workers to their accounts and the workers will be notified of transfers.