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Doha: The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs has said that 54 companies violated the decision about banning work in open places during the summer.
The ministry, in a statement, said that legal measures have been taken against companies for violating the provisions of the decision.
The erring companies are working in the contracting, building maintenance, gardens, decoration sectors in Al Wakra, Al Wukair, Um Bashar, Al Khraitiyat, Umm Qarn, Lusail, Rawdat Al Hamama, Al Khor, Unayzah, Umm Salal, Zakhira and Doha.
The Ministry represented by the Labor Inspection Department conducted intensive inspection campaigns during the period from June 1 to 3, 2021 in order to ensure that companies comply with Ministerial Decision No. 17 of 2021, regarding the necessary precautions to protect workers from heat stress in open work sites during summer.
The decision determines the working hours for work performed under the sun or in open workplaces and in places other than shaded and ventilated workplaces, during the period from June 1 to September 15 of each year, so that work should not be carried out from 10am to 3:30pm.
People can report about the violations through the hotline 16008 of the Ministry or by accessing the unified complaint platform at https://acmsidentity.adlsa.gov.qa/ar.
