ILO drops complaint against Qatar after migrant worker reassurances

Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-08 23:50:46|Editor: yan
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GENEVA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The International Labor Organization (ILO) on Wednesday said it dropped a complaint against Qatar after it reassured it would protect basic rights of its migrant workers.

The complaint was submitted to the International Labor Conference in 2014 over Qatar's legal framework to protect the rights of its migrant workers being inconsistent with international law.

Qatar is hosting the 2022 soccer World Cup. But international labor unions along with activist organizations had complained about the mistreatment of migrant workers engaged in construction of infrastructure for the tournament.

Qatar's Labor Minister Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi addressed the ILO forum and said his government is working to attain decent work conditions for domestic and migrant workers with the establishment of labor dispute committees and it is considering establishing a minimum wage.

"Qatar will remain mindful to guaranteeing all rights of workers and to safeguard their interests," said the minister while saying that the Gulf nation is committed to a three-year ILO technical cooperation program.

The technical cooperation program was developed after a high-level ILO visit to Qatar in March 2016.

The ILO said in a statement it would support the implementation of numerous measures adopted by Qatar to have "a contractual employment relation and to address passport confiscation, contract substitution, as well as restrictions on the ability of migrant workers to change employers and exit the country."

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