DUBAI-- The Permanent
Committee for Labour Affairs in Dubai, PCLA-Dubai, has launched an awareness
campaign to ensure that Dubai workers and companies adhere to the summer midday
break rules throughout the emirate.
An estimated half
million construction workers in Dubai will benefit from the Ministry of
Labour's three-month mandatory midday break regulation this year and the labour
committee will follow up on its enforcement.
Major-General Obaid
Mohair bin Surour, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Residency and
Foreigners Affairs in Dubai, GDRFA-Dubai, and PCLA Chairman, said that the
committee will follow up closely on the implementation of the preventive
measures in order to protect outdoor workers from the summer heat.
Major-General bin Surour
said that a team has been allocated by the Permanent Committee for Labour
Affairs in Dubai, in cooperation with the local and federal departments, in
order to enforce the midday break rules throughout the emirate.
He added that the PCLA
inspection team will not only catch violations, but will also offer guidance
and educate workers and companies on how to avoid them.
Bin Surour said that the
PCLA is keen to educate workers on the dangers of working under direct sunlight
and on how to protect themselves during the hot summer.
He said that a team from
PCLA started distributing booklets this week in several languages, in order to
raise awareness about the advantages of implementing the midday break.
The annual ban prevents
labourers from carrying out any work under direct sunlight between 12 p.m. and
3 p.m. throughout the three-month period.
Abdul Momen Al Medawi,
Coordinator of the PCLA, said that field visits will be conducted on a daily
basis, and that workers and members of the public can contact the toll free
numbers, 8005111 and 04-70705005, or e-mail dlc@dnrd.ae to report violations, adding
that companies found violating the rules will face hefty fines. -end-
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