In a joint inspection campaign with the “MOI”

The Labour Marker Regulatory Authority (LMRA) announced that 16 manpower agencies were referred for legal action after failing to acquire the necessary licenses during a joint inspection campaign in coordination with the Ministry of Interior (MOI), represented by the General Directorate for Criminal Detection and Forensic Evidence and the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs.

Mr Ahmed Ibrahim AlJunaid, Acting Director of the Preventive Monitoring Directorate at the LMRA stressed that there is no tolerance for unapproved activity of manpower agencies that are not in compliance with the provisions of the Labour Market Laws, calling all enterprises and individuals to comply with the legal procedures set and to acquire a “Labour Supply Agency” license from the LMRA to avoid legal accountability.

‏He continued: The Authority has introduced the legal alternatives to meet the needs of citizens and residents for domestic workers on an hourly, weekly, monthly basis, through licensed labour supply agencies, who are listed and updated regularly on the LMRA’s website.

The Authority also stated that the campaign resulted in reporting a number of violations related to work permits and referred 33 irregular workers for legal action after violating the laws and regulations related to the Labour Market and Residency laws including domestic workers who leave work in violation of the conditions of the permit (abscond), where they are employed by the said unlicensed agencies to source them to the public.

LMRA renews its call to all members of the public to visit the LMRA official website www.lmra.gov.bh to view the list of Manpower agencies, which is updated weekly, in compliance with the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Bahrain in order to preserve their rights and for their safety and the safety of their community, calling on the public to report any complaints and violations or irregular employment practices by filling out the electronic form on the authority’s website or calling the Authority’s Call Centre on 17506055.