Ministry closes, revokes licences of 23 labour recruitment offices

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) on Wednesday announced the closure and withdrawal of licences of 23 labour recruitment offices for violating the decision to regulate the conditions and procedures for licensing labour recruitment from abroad and for not responding to customers' complaints.
This comes as part of the MoL's continuous follow-up and control efforts with regard to recruitment offices, and to ensure the implementation of decisions issued by the ministry, which would maintain the rights of employers and domestic workers.
The closed recruitment agencies are Al Nasr Recruitment Agency, Al-Shuyoukh Manpower, Al-Meer Manpower, Friends Manpower Recruitment, On Point Recruitment Solution, Eurotec Manpower Recruitment, Regency Manpower Recruitment, Top Unique Manpower, Al Waad Manpower Recruitment, Al-Rashad Manpower Recruitment, Al Sharif Manpower Recruitment, Al Baraka for Manpower Recruitment, Asian Gulf Manpower Recruitment, White Manpower Recruitment, Dana Doha Manpower Recruitment, Al Nouf Recruitment Services, Royal Manpower Recruitment, Al Wajba Manpower Recruitment, Progressive Manpower Recruitment, Earth Smart Human Resources Company, Iram Manpower Recruitment, Al Safsaf Manpower Recruitment and Al Waab Manpower Recruitment, the ministry said in a statement.
The MoL said it is carrying out continuous inspection campaigns at recruitment offices to monitor their compliance with the implementation of the applied decisions to regulate the recruitment of domestic workers. The inspection teams, the ministry explained, make sure during their rounds that the new forms of employment contracts for domestic workers are used in accordance with the terms of the decision to extend the guarantee, in addition to making sure that they adhere to the recruitment rates according to the decision to set the maximum costs for the recruitment of domestic workers.
The Ministry of Labour has established direct means of communication to receive complaints from the public, including the hotline at 40288101, and urged all citizens and residents to report any abuses or violations by domestic labour recruitment offices regarding the implementation of the MoL's decisions on extension of the probationary period, or the decision to limit the maximum rates for the recruitment of domestic workers.