The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation shall apply, as of mid-June, the decision to prohibit the performance of work performed in the sun and in open spaces from twelve thirty in the afternoon until three o'clock in the afternoon until September 15, 2020.
The implementation of the decision issued by the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, comes in light of the great commitment of employers over the past years, as a result of awareness and awareness of the importance of the decision in preserving the health and safety of workers and avoiding the risks that they may be exposed to during the performance of their work at the time of the ban that witnesses A rise in temperatures every year.
It is planned to exclude the works in which for technical reasons it is necessary to continue the work without stopping from the stipulated period of the stipulation provided that the employer is obliged to provide cold drinking water in proportion to the number of employees and conditions of safety and public health and methods and materials for irrigation such as salts and lemons and others that are approved for use by the local authorities in The state added the provision of first aid on the job site, in addition to the commitment to implement precautionary measures and measures to reduce the spread of the "Corona-Covid-19" virus.
The decision obliged employers who employ workers to provide them with a shaded place to rest during their time off work.
According to the decision, the daily working hours in the morning and evening periods, or in either of them, do not exceed eight working hours, and if the worker does work for more than that during the twenty-four hours, the increase is an additional work for which the worker receives an additional fee according to the provisions of the Law on Regulating Labor Relations.
Each establishment that does not comply with the provisions and conditions of the decision shall be penalized with a fine of 5 thousand dirhams for each worker and a maximum of 50 thousand dirhams in the case of multiple workers who are employed during the ban period, in addition to stopping the violation file or reducing its classification in the enterprise classification system approved by the ministry This is based on the severity of the offense committed.
The Ministry monitors violations through several control tools, including communications received by the free call center, which the ministry verifies before approving the facility, and the facility has the right to file a grievance within 30 days from the date of imposing the violation, by submitting an application with documents to be examined by a special committee to decide on it in a way Final.
The Ministry called on the community to submit communications through the call center to the free number 80060 because of its role in promoting the principle of partnership with the community in monitoring the implementation of the decision so that any member of the community can communicate with the ministry through the call center, which works for 24 hours in four languages Different, as the center will receive the communication from the customer, take the information related to the violation site, and send these communications through an electronic system to the nearest labor inspector from the violation site.
According to the decision, the employer is responsible for violating the employment of workers during the ban period, as well as everyone who employs a worker who is not legally permitted to employ him and operates it in violation of the provisions of this decision.
The decision obliged employers to suspend in a prominent place from the workplace a schedule of daily working hours in accordance with the provisions of this decision, provided that it is in the language that the worker understands in addition to the Arabic language.
It also obligated employers to provide appropriate preventive means to protect workers from the dangers of injuries that may result from the use of machinery and other work tools and to follow all other preventive methods prescribed in the labor law and the ministerial decisions implementing it, and workers should follow instructions aimed at protecting them from dangers and refrain from Take any action that obstructs the instructions.