Qatar shuts down 15 recruitment agencies

QATAR— Qatari authorities have shut down 15 recruitment agencies for violating the labour law during 2014-15.

The Peninsula reported that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs carried out a combination of routine and surprise inspection raids on manpower agencies following repeat complaints.

These agencies had their licences revoked for a number of reasons, including providing wrong information, not complying with requirements, violating the labour law and failure to correct mistakes after warning.

In June this year, the Qatari government pledged to clamp down on “dishonest recruitment practices” in the home countries of Qatar’s thousands of expat workers.