A/HRC/44/57/Add.33 (h) Article (51) of the Qatari Labour law provides that a worker can terminate his employment contract before the expiry of the term if the contract is for a limited or unlimited term without notifying the employer, while maintaining the end of service gratuity if the employer has breached his obligations that are legally prescribed and agreed upon in the contract, or if he has misled him with regards to work conditions, physically or ethically assaulted the worker or any members of his family, or if the employee is subject to a risk against which he has not been protected by the employer. In such cases the employee has the right to leave work without bringing the matter to court. It is not allowed that the worker abandon or give up his right, because in this case the right of the worker relates to the public order and the employee has the right to resort to the legal authorities to protect him, and if necessary to provide him with shelter. Thus, there is nothing called absconding in Qatari legislation. (i) Law No. (1) of the year 2015 amending certain provisions of the Labour Code in order to begin the application of Wages Protection System for the workers subjected to the provision of the Employment Law which obliges remittance of pay to worker’s account at any of the State’s financial institutions. Wages System has developed a mechanism controlling violations to this obligation, by implementing Electronic Auditing on enterprises subjected to the System, and imposing penalties on companies delaying payment of employees’ salaries. There are also penalties not exceeding one-month imprisonment and a fine not less than 2,000 QAR and not more than 6,000 QAR, imposed for violating the System. In addition, the Ministerial decree no. (4) of the year 2015, was issued to control Workers’ Wages Protection System for employees who are subject to the labour law that obliges the employer to transfer wages to the Financial Institutions within 7 days of their due date. In the event of violation, the Minister of the Ministry of Administration Development, Labour and Social Affairs may stop issuing any new work permits and block all dealings of the employer who violates the decree, excluding the authentication of Labour Contracts in order that the measures taken against the employer do not affect the interests of the employee. Since the inception of the New System in 02.11.2015, the System has applied to the majority of the corporations and firms subject to the labour Law to ensure the rights of workers to receive their wages in time (in line with the final observations of the Committee of Elimination of Racial Discrimination on addressing refusal to paying the wages). (j) The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs has launched a number of inspection campaigns aiming to monitor Small and Medium Enterprises, sub-contracting firms and companies of labour force transferring their labour wages to the financial institutions. Teams of the department of Labour Inspection of the Ministry move to different areas of the State and conduct field survey operations in order to monitor compliance of companies and business enterprises with the Wages Protection System. (k) The number of criminal reports for reasons of not paying wages reached 1164 cases during 2018, all being referred to judiciary by the Resident Affairs Prosecution. Below are statistics on ceased cooperation with the violating companies during 2018-2019. Statement 2018 2019 Steps of stopping the mechanical dealing with companies, done by the Ministry for reasons of violating the System. 30549 43013 Total of claims submitted to the wages protection system 30317 42912 (l) In the framework of the project of technical cooperation with the ILO the Ministry made an evaluation of the Wages Protection System to identify the loopholes and submit recommendations for improvement. The results of the report highlight an advanced System for Wages payment monitoring with huge capabilities and gives a number of recommendations aiming to increase the effectiveness of the System. The Ministry and Qatar 8