Dubai firms' compliance with midday break rule almost 100%

The Permanent Committee of Labour  Affairs in Dubai (PCLA-Dubai) is conducting regular inspections of companies in the emirate to monitor closely the implementation of midday break law and to ensure their compliance with the rules.

PCLA inspection patrols are visiting companies on daily and reporting from the spot to the committee about labourers found on site between 12.30 pm and 3pm. Inspections will continue until September 15.

Inspections by PCLAD patrols start every day at 12 noon and lasts until 3pm.

Major-General Obaid Muhair bin Surour, deputy director of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs-Dubai and chairman of PCLA, said the committee is conducting field visits daily to different companies across the emirate to report on compliance levels.

"The inspection team will use smart devices to report violations and to document violations by filming workers found on duty during the banned hours and reporting to the committee from the site. The committee will take necessary action against company’s owners in case of any violation," said Major-General Bin Surour.

Major General Bin Surour said 9,662 companies out of about 10,000 visited were found to be abiding by the law on mid-day break.

He added that PCLA-Dubai patrols are closely monitoring Bur Dubai and Deira.

Major General Bin Surour said PCLA began a campaign in early July to raise awareness among employers about avoiding health risk to their workers and providing them with cool water and juices during rest time.

"We have to take all preventive measures to protect outdoor workers from the summer heat," he said.

Abdul Munaim Al Midawi, coordinator of PCLA, said that the committee has recorded almost 100 per cent compliance with the midday break rule until July 30.

'We divided Dubai into 35 areas to make it easier for the inspectors to reach  sites of the companies," he explained.

"We found no violators among companies. Only one man, who works as a porter in Naif Souq, was found working during the midday break and we asked him to give himself a break from 12.30pm till 3pm," he said.

The midday break rule came into force in 2005.  A fine of Dh5,000 per worker will be imposed on companies violating the midday break rule.

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