Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MANAMA463
2008-07-13 12:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
GOB ENFORCES SUMMER BAN ON OUTDOOR LABOR
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000463
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
BAGHDAD FOR AMBASSADOR ERELI
STATE FOR DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB PGOV BA
SUBJECT: GOB ENFORCES SUMMER BAN ON OUTDOOR LABOR
UNCLAS MANAMA 000463
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
BAGHDAD FOR AMBASSADOR ERELI
STATE FOR DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB PGOV BA
SUBJECT: GOB ENFORCES SUMMER BAN ON OUTDOOR LABOR
1. (U) Forty Ministry of Labor (MOL) inspectors fanned out
across Bahrain July 1 to begin enforcing the annual ban on
outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day. Employers
can be fined up to USD 795 for each laborer found working
outside between 1 and 4 p.m. During their first week, the
inspectors levied 190 fines.
2. (SBU) Hassan Al Aradi (please protect),a workplace safety
advocate and an officer of the Bahrain Health and Safety
Society, an NGO, told poloff that unlike many other labor
regulations in Bahrain, companies take the summer work ban
seriously. Al Aradi said that the summer work ban was easier
to enforce than other safety regulations since inspectors did
not require significant training. By comparison, enforcement
of regulations mandating the implementation of specific
practices and the use of certain safety equipment required
well-trained inspectors. (Note: The 2007 Human Rights Report
highlighted the lack of trained labor inspectors as an
obstacle to improved worker safety. End note.) According to
Al Aradi, MOL achieved better than 80 percent compliance with
the summer work ban in 2007, and its vigorous enforcement
efforts appear to be continuing into 2008.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
HENZEL
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
BAGHDAD FOR AMBASSADOR ERELI
STATE FOR DRL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM ELAB PGOV BA
SUBJECT: GOB ENFORCES SUMMER BAN ON OUTDOOR LABOR
1. (U) Forty Ministry of Labor (MOL) inspectors fanned out
across Bahrain July 1 to begin enforcing the annual ban on
outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day. Employers
can be fined up to USD 795 for each laborer found working
outside between 1 and 4 p.m. During their first week, the
inspectors levied 190 fines.
2. (SBU) Hassan Al Aradi (please protect),a workplace safety
advocate and an officer of the Bahrain Health and Safety
Society, an NGO, told poloff that unlike many other labor
regulations in Bahrain, companies take the summer work ban
seriously. Al Aradi said that the summer work ban was easier
to enforce than other safety regulations since inspectors did
not require significant training. By comparison, enforcement
of regulations mandating the implementation of specific
practices and the use of certain safety equipment required
well-trained inspectors. (Note: The 2007 Human Rights Report
highlighted the lack of trained labor inspectors as an
obstacle to improved worker safety. End note.) According to
Al Aradi, MOL achieved better than 80 percent compliance with
the summer work ban in 2007, and its vigorous enforcement
efforts appear to be continuing into 2008.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
HENZEL