After the conditions of the spread of Corona virus "Covid-19" forced many companies to lay off a number of their workers, Qatar Chamber in cooperation with the Ministry of Administrative Development and Labor launched an electronic platform to recycle skilled workers in the local market.
The platform aims to provide an opportunity for companies that need new employment by contracting with existing workers within the country that were dispensed with due to the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, so through the platform, companies that need new employment will have the opportunity to choose who you want to employ according to the required professions.
It also aims to ensure the continuity of business and projects in the local market, and to assist private sector companies in obtaining skilled labor, and to avoid any shortage of employment that may cause the projects of these companies to be disrupted.
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The platform reconciles companies that request new employment with companies that dispensed with employment, in coordination with the Qatar Chamber and the Ministry of Administrative Development, through the Chamber's website, which enables the parties to achieve integration between companies that have a surplus in employment and companies that wish to obtain This surplus.
Qatar Chamber Director General Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi believes in an interview with Al Jazeera Net that companies that have surplus labor or have laid off workers have access to the "labor recycling platform" and announce the laid-off workers or employees by filling out a special form for each employee or worker and attaching them to the documents. Required.
Al Sharqi added that, for companies that have a desire to contract with new workers or employees, they register with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, where the company and its legal matters are verified, then this company is given a passcode to view the labor displayed on the platform and choose what you need according to Her opportunities.
He explained that the platform witnessed a great turnout since its launch yesterday, as more than 70 companies registered there during the first day only, indicating that this turnout indicates the effectiveness of this idea in achieving the desired goal.
The East pointed out that during the current week, coordination meetings will be held between the Chamber and the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, through a joint committee that will implement the mechanism for the work of the platform, pointing out that the second phase of the platform will be launched later, which will include the development and expansion of services that Provided by the platform.
Quality and experience
As for the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatari Certified Public Accountants Association, Dr. Hashem Al-Sayyed confirmed that the possession of quality and experienced workforce by Qatar enhances the importance of this platform, considering that this initiative is an affirmation of the state's great interest in private sector institutions and companies as a strategic partner with the government in bearing Responsibility, and putting in place the necessary measures to face the repercussions of the Corona crisis.
El-Sayed adds that this initiative is in the interest of developing and sustaining the business sector in the country, with the aim of strengthening the national economy by retaining skilled labor within the country, as well as the social and humanitarian role that this initiative also achieves for the worker who has been laid off.
Good timing
As for businessman Hassan Youssef Al-Hakim, he emphasized that the launch of the labor recycling platform in the local market during the current period comes in a timely manner to provide effective solutions to the local private sector regarding the employment file during the Corona pandemic, pointing out that the crisis led to an increase in employment in some sectors or a decrease Employment in other sectors, and that the platform will have the most prominent role in achieving integration between companies.
Al-Hakim pointed out that benefiting from the platform is not limited to the current crisis but rather to the future, in a manner that ensures the retention of skilled labor in the local market and the benefit from it, indicating that some employment and as a result of the end of some projects leave the country although it is skilled labor and can be used in many other sectors .
He added that the platform is part of the state’s efforts to protect workers under the Corona pandemic, pointing out that the Ministry of Development, in cooperation with private sector institutions and the Qatar Chamber, worked to implement a series of measures to protect employment during the Corona pandemic and not be affected by the repercussions of the crisis.