{
  "id": 367952,
  "title": "UAE's midday work ban achieves 99% compliance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/uaes-midday-work-ban-achieves-99-compliance",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-09T08:40:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/uaes-midday-work-ban-achieves-99-compliance-1.500635247"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: The UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has said the country's Midday Breakpolicy is a leading global model for protecting workers from heat stress, highlighting more than two decades of implementation and a private sector compliance rate of 99 per cent last year. The policy, which is enforced annually from 15 June to 15 September, prohibits outdoor work and work…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}