Ministry acts against 106 companies for violating summer work timings

Doha: Labour Ministry following its inspection campaigns on work sites orders closure of 106 company sites for violating the decision to set working hours in open places

Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, represented by the Labor Inspection Department, conducted intensive inspection campaigns during the month of July.  The field visits carried out by the Ministry’s inspectors at work sites during the period from July 1 to 31 resulted in a violation of 106 companies, most of which work in the contracting sector in various parts of the country, which resulted in the closure of work sites for a period of three days. The Ministry had closed 232 worksites during the month of June for not adhering to the necessary precautions.