20. M
eanwhile, in order to ensure the provision of an enabling environment for foreign workers, the
Ministry of Labour and Social Development carried out inspection visits to (2727) workers residing
in the accommodation for workers, while the ministry received (33) workers’ complaints about the
lack of health standards and safety requirements and has taken necessary action in that regard.
21. S
ince occupational safety is a component of the right to work, several resolutions were issued aiming
to provide a safe working environment, such as the Prime Minister’s decision No. (2) for the year
2015 regarding the establishment of Occupational Safety and Health Council, which is responsible
for drawing up and the implementation of public policy in the field of occupational safety and
health and to ensure the optimum working environment for employees. Also, the decisions of the
Ministry of Labour and Social Development number (40) for the year 2014 on the determination of
the requirements and specifications of the workers’ housing, and No. (3) for the year 2013 on work
ban during noon period, and No. 6 for the year 2013 on the protection of workers from fire risks
in facilities and work sites, and No. 8 for the year 2013 on the organization of occupational safety
within the facility, and number (12) for the year 2013 on the reporting of occupational injuries and
diseases, and No. 31 for the year 2013 on the prevention of the hazards of electricity.
22. T
he provisions of the Labor Law in the private sector and its decisions dealt with everything that
would ensure occupational safety, in addition to the International Labour Organization Convention
No. 155 of 1981 on occupational safety and health and the working environment, which was
acceded to by the Kingdom of Bahrain under Law No. (25) for the year 2009. All of this constitutes
a system that provides for occupational safety from hazards and injuries which occur in the work
environment.
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