Title	Qatar; Ministerial Decision on Heat Stress
Date of conclusion	21 October 2020
Entry into force	Following its date of publication in the Official Gazette.
Text version(s)	English
Source	Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs; Qatar
	Ministerial Decree No. 17/2021 (21 Oct 2020) accessed: 17 November 2022.
	Last accessed: 17 November 2022
Keywords	Qatar; Laws & Regulations; Policy; Foreign Labour;

Abstract
The Qatar government announced the necessary steps to protect the workers from heat stress in
the summer period from June to September. Companies are instructed to provide essential pieces
of equipment along with proper arrangements for rest at workplaces. The government advised the
stakeholders to take an appropriate security assessment before the work starts.

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