at a glance
Hiring contractors in Qatar can be a rollercoaster
Hiring contractors in Qatar can be complicated for foreign companies unfamiliar with Qatari tax and labor laws. Unlike many countries, Qatari law doesn’t meaningfully distinguish between contractors and employees. Instead, the distinction is primarily based on whether the worker is a citizen of Qatar or a Gulf Cooperation Council country. If they’re not a Qatari citizen, you’ll need to sponsor their work visa, even as an independent contractor. There’s a lot to keep up with when hiring contractors in Qatar, but it doesn’t have to be complex: With Rippling, you can grow your global team quickly while maintaining compliance.
Worry-free Compliance
Avoid misclassifying contractors in Qatar
Rippling can help you avoid costly misclassification mistakes. Worried that your Qatari contractors are misclassified? Try our free classification assessment to find out.
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Support your Qatari contractors right out of the box with Rippling
Simplified Onboarding
Onboard contractors in Qatar in 90 seconds
Rippling makes it easy to onboard Qatari contractors. Send out contracts in minutes. In a single onboarding flow, contractors can sign agreements, submit required payroll and KYC information, and even set up their email account or apps—all in a few minutes from their phone.
Global Workforce Management
Seamlessly transition contractors between countries
In the digital nomad era, give your contractors the flexibility to work from anywhere. With Rippling, you can easily transition a contractor from one country to another, without needing to terminate and re-hire them.
APP & IT MANAGEMENT
Set up and manage your Qatari contractors’ IT needs
Give contractors access to apps like Google Workspace and Slack with a few clicks—and remove it just as easily at the end of their contracts. You can increase security by enforcing multi-factor authentication and even set up workflows to automatically alert you of any suspicious login activity.
Contractor Compensation
Easily pay contractors in Qatar
Process contractor payroll in minutes. Need to pay someone off-cycle for a late invoice? No worries. Contractor payments are tied to invoices and integrated time-tracking, saving you manual data entry in pay runs and creating a papertrail to protect against misclassification risk.