Holding workshops to raise awareness of the importance of adhering to the noon work ban

02-07-2020

Within the framework of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development’s strategy to cultivate a preventive occupational safety and health culture, and in line with Ministerial Resolution No. (3) of 2013, regarding the prohibition of working under sunlight and in open places during the afternoon period from 12 noon until 4 p.m. throughout July and August, the Ministry’s Occupational Safety Department, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, conducted a virtual workshop entitled “Safety from Summer Diseases”. This event coincided with the commencement of supervisory inspections to ensure establishments’ adherence to the mid-day work ban for the current year , 2020. The workshop brought together employers, labour inspectors, and occupational safety officials from private-sector establishments. It outlined the joint measures taken by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development and the Ministry of Health to raise awareness, strengthen oversight, and secure full compliance with the Resolution across all economic sectors. Such coordination is essential to protecting workers from heat‑related accidents and injuries arising from the elevated temperatures and humidity that characterise these months. The workshop forms part of a series of online meetings organised by the Ministry as a precautionary measure in the current circumstances and constitutes a key element in the Ministry’s programme to strengthen preventive awareness of occupational safety and health at the workplace. It reflects the Ministry of Labour and Social Development’s policy of fostering community partnership among the three production partners to elevate safety standards across the Kingdom of Bahrain. Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs Ahmed Jaafar Al Hayki reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to ensuring that all occupational safety and health procedures and guidelines are fully applied within private‑sector establishments; such compliance, he noted, is best secured through close cooperation and coordinated efforts among production partners and civil‑society organisations. Participants welcomed the Ministry’s ongoing initiatives and observed that these activities provide valuable insight into the latest developments in creating safer workplace environments, thereby reinforcing a culture of safety and underlining its importance to both employers and workers.