The “Labor Prohibition at noon” application starts from June 15 to September 15th

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has announced the implementation of the business ban in the sun and in open places from next June 15 to September 15, from 12:30 pm until three in the afternoon.

The “Labor Prohibition at noon” for the 21st year in a row comes from a sustainable methodology that the UAE applies in the context of its keenness to provide a safe work environment that responds to the best practices and requirements of professional health and safety in order to avoid the workforce by injuries and the damage that may result from work in high temperatures during the summer months.

The assistant undersecretary for the inspection and compliance sector, Mohsen Al -Nassi, said: “The work ban has at noon achieved a pioneering level of compliance that has reached more than 99% for consecutive years, which confirms the firmness of social and human values ​​among the business community and private sector companies in the UAE, and awareness of the importance of preserving the human element that constitutes the most important resources of companies, as it reflects the human and luminous image of legislation and practices applied in the state, especially with regard to standards And professional health and safety requirements.

He explained the Ministry’s keenness to educate the facilities and its workers on the importance of adhering to the provisions of “prohibition of work at noon” through the field visits to the inspectors, which include work sites and labor housing, which contributes to enhancing awareness of the requirements of occupational health and safety and sparing the workers sun and thermal stress.

For its part, Dalal Al -Shehhi, the assistant undersecretary for the work protection sector, Dalal Al -Shehhi, indicated that “the prohibition of work at noon” has become one of the pioneering partnership models between the ministry and the private sector, and members of society through the development of partners for their initiatives for workers during the ban period, which enhances the concept of social responsibility, and confirms the success of the awareness of awareness and the establishment of human concepts in the work environment in the UAE that hosts more than 200 nationalities to live, work and invest Which coincides with the targets of the vision of the UAE 2031.

She praised the private sector facilities that have initiated over the past years to provide breaks equipped with all the supplies in a way that ensures the provision of full comfort for workers during the daily period to prohibit work, which confirms the awareness of these facilities of the importance of taking all ways to maintain the health of workers before resuming their daily work after the stoppage period, calling on private sector facilities to implement such initiatives that would reflect positively to workers’ health And enhance their productivity.

The provisions of the “prohibition of work at noon” are obligated by companies to provide tools and supplies for the ban, and to equip the shaded places for workers who protect them from sunlight during the period of stopping work, or during their practice of licensed work, and securing appropriate cooling tools such as fans, adequate amounts of water, moisturizing materials such as salts and their similar ones, which are approved for use from local authorities in the state, and other amenities, And first aid equipment in the workplace.

The provisions of the work ban take into account at noon, ensuring that work continues to serve the goals of the public interest, as it provides for the exclusion of some of the work in which the work is necessary without stopping for technical reasons, such as the work of the asphalt mixture brushes and pouring the concrete if it is not possible to implement or complete it after the ban, and the work necessary to ward off the risk or repair breakdowns that affect the community in general such as water feeding lines, or power outages, or interruption Traffic, and other breakdowns in basic services, and the exception also includes the work that requires a permit from a competent government agency for its impact on movement and public life.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation through its regulatory system is working to follow up on the extent of companies ’commitment to them during the months of application of the ban, and the Ministry also receives communications on negative practices or any violations that are monitored from community members through the call center on the number 600590000 and through the website and smart application of the Ministry.

Financial fines are scheduled to be applied to the violating companies by 5 thousand dirhams for each violating worker, and a maximum of 50 thousand dirhams in the event of multiple workers.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation strengthens awareness campaigns and field visits to the definition of workers and employers with the provisions of “prohibition of work at noon” and the importance of adhering to the decisions in force in this regard, in cooperation with its partners in government agencies and the private sector.