Workers in Qatar can now change employers by completing a new form and submitting it to MADSLA online. To begin, the employee must communicate with the employer in advance and agree on the last working day before simply filing the form online, and this must be followed in accordance with the contract regarding the length of the notice period.
MADSLA has replaced the old e-form with a new one, in which the details of the previous employer have been removed. As a result, the employee will not need the old employer’s approval to switch to their new employer.
This is a specialised e-service for notifying the old employer of a mutually agreed-upon workplace change and changing the workplace of fixed-term or indefinite contracts as well as unjustified firing.
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NOTE: The date you submit the new form to change employers will be the first day of your notice period with your current employer.
Please keep in mind that these steps are only for workers who have completed their contract or if the previous employer is violating the employee’s rights. If the worker has been in the current job for less than two years, the notification period is 30 days; if the worker has been in the current job for more than two years, the notification period is 60 days.
For example, if your contract expires on December 31 and you’ve been with the company for less than two years, you must give your current employer 30 days’ notice, i.e. on November 30.
New Form:
Steps for changing employer
- The first step is to download fill and sign the “Change Employer Form”.
NEW FORM: https://www.adlsa.gov.qa/en/E-Services/EServicesAttachments/Change%20Employer%20Form.pdf - Submit the form to MADSLA.
LINK: http://e-notice.adlsa.gov.qa/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f - The application request will be processed at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADSLA), following which a confirmation will be sent within one week of the date of the submission of the application.
- After the application is processed, MADSLA will automatically send an SMS to the worker and the current employer, letting them know that the notice period of the worker has started.
Upon receiving an SMS from MADLSA the worker needs to talk to their new employer to ensure he/she fills the contract information through MADLSA’s Digital Authentication System for a Multi-lingual Employment Contract.