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How to hire remote employees in
Laws about hiring are complicated, and the same is true in Qatar. But there are ways to sidestep the headaches—if your company hasn’t already established a physical presence in Qatar, you have two real options when it comes to hiring. We’ll detail both below.
If you want to successfully hire in
Qatar
, you have two options:
Laws about hiring contractors are significantly more simple in
Qatar
. Onboarding talent takes days, not weeks or months. Both you, the company, and your talent have more flexibility. And in many cases, since you’re remote, the talent you’re hiring is better classified as a contractor, anyway. Of course, it’s not possible in every case, but it’s what we built Thera for.
This is the long route. You can either establish a physical presence with an entity and register as an employer, or you can use an Employer-of-Record (EOR) solution. Odds are, you’ll find using an EOR to be the easier route. Still, using an EOR in
Qatar
is expensive—it can often be $500 per month per employee—and sometimes prone to lengthy onboarding times.
Hiring contractors is normally the easier, faster, more flexible choice—but don’t just take it from us. Below are the specific benefits and drawbacks to hiring contractors in
Qatar
.
Hiring employees takes months, at the minimum. When you hire with Thera's locally-generated contracts, it’s a matter of days or weeks. This means you can hire the best talent, fast, without losing them to a hellish procession of paperwork.
It costs just $0 to sign up for Thera, then $25 per month to hire your contractors with Thera. If you hired employees manually (or did contracting on your own), you’d likely be on the hook for thousands of dollars each month. Setting up an entity alone can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Hiring contractors in
Qatar
means you’re generally not on the hook for things like health insurance and paid time off. This makes hiring flexible for you, and it gives your talent more options.
Hiring employees is a bigger commitment, and can open you up to increased liabilities and regulations. When you hire contractors overseas, your biggest risk is misclassification—but laws surrounding contractor classification are often significantly more straightforward.
The contractor life isn’t for everyone—some people want the security that being an employee often appears to provide. Though it’s rare, this does happen, and it’s one disadvantage of manage an all-contractor team.
Most countries’ contractor-employer relationship laws stipulate that the employer can’t set fixed working hours, among other things. These laws give contractors more freedom over how and when they do their work than an employee would have. In reality, however, most contractors are willing & able to work on the company’s schedule—it’s a matter of setting expectations beforehand.
If you’re hiring contractors in
Qatar
, you can pay them with Thera in a single click. You won’t need to worry about complicated wire transfers, fees, or currency conversions. We’ll take care of it all. Just make a click and your contractor will get paid in their currency of choice. This is a valuable bonus for talent in countries where the local currency is particularly weak—most people appreciate the ability to receive their payment in stronger currencies.
If you’ve read up until this point, you’ll know that it’s easier, cheaper, and more flexible to hire contractors in Qatar than employees. Still, there are valid reasons why you might want to hire employees instead. The content below is for you—we’ll cover employer taxes and obligations in Qatar.
PTO is calculated by the:
There are 11 public holidays.
The duration of sick leave entitlement provided to workers is dependent on how long they have been employed by their employer:
Employees receive 50 days paid leave which can begin before baby is born.
No paternity leave.
No parental leave.
Hajj pilgrimage leave for Muslim employees only: 2 weeks unpaid, available once during employment period.
None.
None.
In the event of a termination of a local employee, the employee’s salary must be paid:
Employees with indefinite contracts can be terminated at will with one-month notice for those with less than 5 years’ service, and 2 months for those with more than 5 years’ service.
The notice period in Qatar is:
Those employed for 1-5 years are required to provide one month’s notice.
Those employed for over 5 years must provide two months’ notice.
Employees leaving a position are entitled to EOSB (end of service benefits).
These benefits are agreed upon mutually between employer and employee and must equal at least 3 weeks of employees’ gross salary for each year employed.
Not more than 6 months.
Maximum of 6 days, 8 hours per day, for 48 hours.
During Ramadan, the workday drops to 6 hours. Day off is generally Friday.
Hours worked above 48 are paid at an additional 25%.
Night work is paid at an additional 50%.
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