FIFA World Cup: Qatar enforces summertime ban on outdoor labour

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Qatar continues to operate under a cloud of human rights violations against workers who have made the Qatar 2022 World Cup a reality.

A daytime ban on outdoor work in the summer months went into effect in Qatar on Wednesday.2022 FIFA World CupQatar has been repeatedly criticised internationally for the alleged exploitation of migrant workers, who make up the majority of the energy-rich country’s workforce.

The Qatari Ministry of Labour said outdoor work is banned between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. every day from June 1 to September 15.The ministry tweeted it would conduct an awareness campaign at workplaces to raise awareness of heat stress dangers and companies’ duty to abide by the ban. The rules also ban work outdoors if the wet-bulb globe temperature rises beyond 32.1 degrees Celsius at a particular workplace, regardless of the time of day.

 

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