The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MOLSA) has affirmed that employers have to forward allowances and overtime payments also to the bank account of their workers according to the Wage Protection System (WPS), local Arabic daily Al Sharq reported yesterday.
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs said that all the allowances and dues of a worker other than his monthly salary could be added together and put under extra wages category.
“These include overtime, leave salary, and others. The same applies for deductions during the same month. However, end of service benefits (gratuity) and settlement are currently not part of WPS as it only targets monthly payment and related things such as payment for leave period.”
When an employee is paid in advance for his leave period, the number of working days for such a month should be put as zero as dropping out the name of the employee from the pay roll may signify that he was terminated.
In case an employee is paid part of his salary as an advance or loan by the employer, the deducted amount of the next month salary should be registered as so.
The WPS is a comprehensive electronic system initiated by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and QCB to monitor and document the process of worker wage payment, subject to Labour Law No (14) of 2004. It aims to ensure that employers are committed to the wage payment process systematically and in a timely manner pursuant to the rules provided for in the Labour Law.