QFC 0033/2023, [2023] QIC (F) 38
Klaas Bouwman v Kofler Group Middle East LLC
Type
Case
Court
Qatar Financial Centre - Court of First Instance
Jurisdiction
Qatar Financial Centre
Taxonomy
Contract & Conditions of Employment, Sick Leave & Sick Pay, Pay, Benefits & Tax, Rights & Duties of Employees & Employers
Decision date
21 Aug 2023
Panel
Justice Fritz Brand, Justice Ali Malek KC and Justice Yongjian Zhang
Catchwords
Employee - Sick Leave Certification - Request to return to work - Accommodation - Holiday Pay - Contract Terms
This case had involved an employee's request for sick pay and their employer's refusal of their request to return to work. Key issues included whether the employee who had returned to their home country for treatment had provided the required medical certification to claim sick pay. Also considered was whether they were due salary after they had messaged on whatsapp and by phone about returning to work but arrangements had not been made. Other issues included holiday pay due and if the employee should be compensated for having had to share accommodation when he had been promised an apartment in the employment contract.