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22 Jun 2020

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The Peninsula (Qatar)

Qatar: 56 companies fined for violating heat stress protections for workers

"Worksites of 56 companies closed for violating summer working hours in open spaces," 19 Jun 2020

The Labor Inspection Department, conducted extensive inspection campaigns from June 15 to 18, to ensure companies' compliance with Ministerial Decision No. 16 for 2007 specifying working hours during the summer for work performed under the sun or in the open places...

56 companies were notified of the closure of worksites for 3 days for violating the provisions of the decision...

The Ministry called on all companies in different sectors to adhere to work hours during the summer for work performed under the sun or in open workplaces to avoid closing the workplace that doesn't adhere to the provisions of the Ministerial Decision for a period that does not exceed a month.