Qatari government entities must cut foreign staff costs by 30%: document - Reuters

Qatari government entities must cut foreign staff costs by 30%: document - Reuters:

Qatar has directed ministries and all other government and public entities to reduce costs for non-Qatari employees by 30% as of June 1, either via pay cuts or lay-offs, a finance ministry document seen by Reuters showed. 


The document also outlined other cuts affecting Qatari employees, including to benefits, which come as the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporter feels the bite of a global coronavirus downturn that has sapped energy demand.

Expatriates make up the majority of many Gulf states’ populations, including in tiny Qatar, where the workforce of everything from its banks to airlines are filled out by foreign nationals.

Like other Gulf states, Qatar has been pushing to nationalise much of its labour force, a task complicated by a national population of just roughly 300,000.