UAE | General
Drastic drop in number of companies violating midday break rule in UAE
Only 2.5 per cent of companies inspected by the Ministry of Labour in the first week of July after the midday break rule came into force were found to be in violation, statistics released by the Ministry of Labour on Thursday showed.
- Staff Report
- Published: 12:56 July 10, 2008
Dubai: Only 2.5 per cent of companies inspected by the Ministry of Labour in the first week of July after the midday break rule came into force were found to be in violation, statistics released by the Ministry of Labour on Thursday showed.
The number of violations is significantly lower than figures of previous years.
Although the statistics only reveal the first week's findings, Humaid Bin Deemas, executive director for labour affair, said the number of companies inspected during the first week of July 2008 was close to the number of companies that were inspected during the full two-month midday break period in previous years.
"Previously we would inspect 7,000 to 8,000 companies during the whole two month period," he said.
In the first week of July, the ministry's inspectors visited 8,226 companies, of which 1,273 were awareness visits. Out of the 6,953 inspection visits, 172 companies were found to be violating the rule, most of which were in Ras Al Khaimah, registering a third of the UAE's violations at 57.
The figures indicate a significant drop in the number of violations compared to the 2007 findings. By July 3, 2007, 22 per cent of companies inspected in Dubai and the northern emirates were found to be in violation of the rule.
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