MADLSA takes actions against 44 companies violating decision to ban work in open places in summer

Workers stand on a scaffolding at a construction site for a residential development on the outskirts

The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs (MADLSA) represented by the Labor Inspection Department issued 44 violations of Ministerial Resolution No. (17) for the year 2021, regarding the necessary precautions to protect workers from heat stress in open work sites during the summer from 4 to 9 June. A statement issued by the Ministry stated that legal measures were taken against the violating companies during the inspection campaigns, as the total number of companies that violated the decision amounted to 98 companies since the beginning of the period of prohibition of work in open places, which was set on 1/6/2021, where the decision determines the working hours for the works 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 may not be started from 10 in the morning until 3.30 in the evening. The statement revealed that the companies violating the provisions of the decision, most of them work in the contracting sector (building maintenance), in the areas of Al Muntazah, Khalifa City, Al Wakra, Al Wukair, Al Sailiya, Al Kharaitiyat, Al Rayyan Al Jadeed, Ain Khalid, Umm Salal Muhammad, Lusail, Al Dafna, Muraikh, and Al Mashaf. The Ministry called on all companies in various sectors to adhere to working hours during the summer, for work performed under the sun or in open workplaces, in order to avoid legal measures, noting that these measures come from the State of Qatar's keenness to ensure the safety and health of workers and the work environment.