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Mid-day break announced for workers

Mid-day break for workers toiling under sun at open areas and high areas will begin from June and continue till August, a notice from Ministry of Manpower says.

In the notice, the ministry has called upon establishments and institutions of private sector to abide the provisions of Article (16) of the regulations of occupational safety and health which states that workers must not work in construction sites or open and high areas between 12:30pm till 3:30pm throughout June, July and August every year.

On May 3, a top official from the Ministry of Manpower had told that a mid-day break for workers will begin only according to the law.

“It’s in the labour law. It will begin on June 1 like in the previous years,” Salem Al Saadi, advisor to the Minister of Manpower, had said.

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