Qatar increases heat safeguards for workers as World Cup approaches
MENA 2 min read
28 May, 2021
Doha has extended the window in which work is not allowed to be done outdoors by two hours, which will apply for several additional weeks each year. The new measures came into force on Wednesday [Gavin Hellier/Getty]
Workers in Qatar have been given improved safeguards against the heat, drawing praise from a senior trade union figure.
The measures were revealed on Wednesday and came into force instantly, according to the UN s International Labour Organization (ILO).
Notably, Doha has extended the window in which work is not allowed to be done outdoors by two hours.
By Ines Kpakole, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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BANGUI, May 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Abdias is not afraid of contracting coronavirus when he leaves home each day with a basket of hard-boiled eggs to sell on the busy streets of Bangui, the Central African Republic’s capital.
But the 11-year-old street vendor does fear the punishment he will endure if he fails to earn enough money for his family.
“My mother beats me and blames it on me,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation one afternoon while selling his wares under the scorching sun with little to eat or drink.
Abdias is not afraid of contracting coronavirus when he leaves home each day with a basket of hard-boiled eggs to sell on the busy streets of Bangui, the Central African Republic s capital.
But the 11-year-old street vendor does fear the punishment he will endure if he fails to earn enough money for his family. My mother beats me and blames it on me, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation one afternoon while selling his wares under the scorching sun with little to eat or drink.
Abdias left school last year as his mother could not afford the fees, and joined the growing ranks of children sent or forced to work and trade goods on the streets amid the pandemic.
FEATURE-Pandemic pushes more child vendors onto Central African Republic s streets My mother beats me and blames it on me, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation one afternoon while selling his wares under the scorching sun with little to eat or drink. Abdias left school last year as his mother could not afford the fees, and joined the growing ranks of children sent or forced to work and trade goods on the streets amid the pandemic.Reuters | Updated: 19-05-2021 21:15 IST | Created: 19-05-2021 21:15 IST
By Ines Kpakole BANGUI, May 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Abdias is not afraid of contracting coronavirus when he leaves home each day with a basket of hard-boiled eggs to sell on the busy streets of Bangui, the Central African Republic s capital.
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