Safety and injuries

Protection from occupational diseases (Art. 86)

Official text per PAM's consolidated English edition (2025). For guidance only; not legal advice.

The employer shall take the necessary precautions to protect the worker from health damage and occupational diseases that may arise from the performance of the work. He shall also provide first aid treatments and medical services. The Minister shall, after seeking opinion of the Ministry of Health, issue resolutions regulating the precautions and specifying the list of occupational diseases and the industries and works that cause them, hazardous materials and permitted levels of concentrations.

Source The English text is presented as the official January 2025 consolidated edition identified in the approved local source notes. The Arabic text is unofficial. This local snapshot was not independently verified against PAM by this directory.

Public Authority for Manpower: Labour Law

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