Al-Qabas daily reports that the Public Authority for Manpower has activated a new mechanism to protect the financial rights of private sector and domestic workers. The daily has learned that the concerned PAM departments are now requesting the worker’s fingerprint on the work permit cancellation form to ensure that he/ she receives his full financial dues. The same sources said that this step would ensure that the terms of the clearance between the worker and the employer are finally met, and that the first party obtains its financial dues.

According to the sources, the form prepared by the authority and uploaded to the automated system is in five different languages and bears the responsibility between both parties.

According to the sources, the Authority's Labor Relations Department continues to receive complaints and labor observations every day in its various departments and works diligently to resolve any issues between workers and employers as well as to apply the law appropriately. The sources pointed out that canceling the work permit is only after the worker receives his dues, and the transfer can be obtained based on the regulations in force with the authority in the event that there is another employer to whom the worker’s file is transferred.

In the private sector, both citizens and residents, the authority plans to launch an electronic system to follow up on the disbursement of salaries. An information systems department at the Authority has recently developed a system for disbursing salaries to private sector workers, and the system has been presented to the Inspection Department, according to the sources. By using the developed system, the Inspection Department will follow up on salary certificates and the extent of commitment to payment of financial dues as well as apply regulations and penalties to those who do not comply.