New Personnel Policy Issued

I believe these new policies will help solve and clarify the limits of relations between the Indepenednt schools operators and employees
8 May 2006, 07:00

although i see this policies as first step in solving issues raised by teachers. but still it did not solve main issues that teachers face at Independent Schools like safety, working hours and exhusting part time activities
8 May 2006, 07:15

This policy will help to solve some of the problems encountered by staff and admin. However, I would like to see the policy that pertains to non-Qatari employees. What is the salary scale for this group of people? We often hear about the rights of Qataris' as we well should being in Qatar. However, as an expat working in this system, I don't exactly know what my rights are in terms of salary and benefits. Please advise me where this information may be obtained. Thank you
28 May 2006, 10:30

I believe that one of the SEC priorities is to develop a personnel bylaws policy that pertains to non-Qatari employees, setting a basic salary scale and defining the rights and the benefits that these employees are entitled to especially knowing that 75 to 80% of the independent school staff are non-Qatari and for some departments 100% are non-Qatari.
Another reason is that in the abscence of such a policy, operators are given a free hand to contract with teachers in terms that are favourable to them, to change the terms of the contract after it has been signed and to deny the teachers some of the rights that they are entitled to in accordance with the labour department regulations or the very terms of the contract they have signed itself.
I, myself and many other colleagues were subject to many injustices and violation of rights in two different independent schools and although i had recourse to the SEC to get my rights back but it was in vain. Some of my colleagues didn't even dare to complain because they were either under the "SIX" months probation period _ Despite the fact that they are very qualified teachers with a long experience in education- or because they were afraid that their previous school operator would ruin their chances of contracting with another independent school. Finally in the absence of a clear policy that defines the rights of non-Qatari employees many excellent teachers that are now exercising with MOE schools and elsewhere will refrain from contracting with independent schools and it is an undeniable fact that good teachers are now a rare currency in Qatar.
29 August 2006, 13:10
29 August 2006, 06:00