The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, represented in Labor Inspection Department, has carried out a number of intensive inspection campaigns during the past days, with the aim of ensuring compliance by companies operating in the country with Ministerial Decision No. 16 of 2007 determining working hours in exposed/outdoor workplaces during the summer.
The Ministry said that the field visits carried out by its inspectors on the work sites during the period from July 5 to 16, resulted in the closure of 33 work sites for a period of three days because they violated the ministerial decision, noting that most of the violating companies work in the contracting sector in the areas of Al Ebb, Al Wakrah, Rawdat Al Hamama, Al Kharaitiyat, Lusail, Umm Al Saneem, Al Kheesa, Al Thumama, Azghawa and Al Khor.
The decision obliges companies and institutions that have workplaces under direct sunlight to set a schedule specifying the daily working hours in accordance with the provisions of the decision, a visible place that is easy for all workers to see and for the Ministry inspectors to observe during their inspection visits to the workplace, in addition to providing air-conditioned spaces for the workers' comfort, providing chilled drinking water and light clothing, and giving them rest periods at different times in order to protect them from the risk of thermal stress.
The Ministerial Decision No 16 of 2007 bans work after 11:30 AM during the morning, while work should begin from 3:00 PM during the evening during the period from June 15, to August 31 every year.
The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs called on all companies in different sectors to respect the Ministerial Decision in order to avoid the workplace's closure for a period not exceeding one month.
It is worth noting that from June 15, 2020 to July 16, 2020, 173 work sites in various parts of the country were closed for violating the provisions of the aforementioned decision.
Source: Qatar News Agency
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