(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA
Doha, Qatar: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in collaboration with other state agencies, is carrying a campaign aimed at preventing heat exhaustion.
The campaign that kicked off on August 1 featured meetings, lectures and field awareness seminars, as well as distributing awareness material in Arabic, English and Urdu, and providing workers with tools and supplies that protect them from heat stress.
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The awareness meetings and lectures targeted workers of companies contracting with the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), workers of Qatar Fuel Company (WOQOD), and workers of theEmbassy.
NHRC’s Director of Programmes and Education Department Hamad Salem Al Hajri said the campaign aimed to promote awareness of the most important obligations under Labor Law No. 14 of 2004, its amending laws and ministerial decisions regarding the prevention of heat stress.
Article 2 of the law prohibits working under the sun or in open workplaces other than shaded and ventilated between 10:00 and 15:30 from June 1 to September 15, Al Hajri said. He added that the legislation preserves the human rights guaranteed to workers, stressing the responsibility of companies to provide protection for workers from heat stress in workplaces and the resulting diseases, as well as protecting their families and communities. Al Hajri stressed the need to guarantee the workers’ access to information on occupational health and safety. The campaign will wrap up on September 3.
