By SOMAN BABY
FOREIGN workers must regularly check their legal status on the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) website to ensure they have not been unjustly reported by their employers as runaways, officials said yesterday.
The call came following an increase in the number of expatriate workers registered as runaways at the LMRA by their employers.
I don’t understand one thing about the working system at the ministries and government offices and that is why it takes aeon for a simple task like updating records on computers when it is just a click away. A case in point is the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).
Our company was one of the first to register its employees with the LMRA. After everything was done, we got our passports with renewed residence permits and new updated CPRs.
By SOMAN BABY
BAHRAIN’s e-visa facilities have proved a boon for the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), processing a record 16,000 applications last month, it was revealed yesterday.
The service was initially available for visit visas, with between 600 and 800 such e-visas being issued every month by the General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence (GDNPR)..
My company is looking for staff members, every day we get a lot of job seekers who come for interviews.
Most of them are brought by their relatives or friends to find employment in Bahrain.
I am confused about how the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) works. For example, when you go there, you will find a long queue of people waiting to take tokens. Usually, you will get three tokens of three different departments and have to wait for hours for your turn.
You will reach one counter after three to four hours, and when your token number is called you will miss the turn because you are busy in another department. Then be ready to come again the next morning. This is one case.
Can anybody clarify what authority the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has? How can LMRA officials (new recruits) enter premises and ask for CPR cards of all the people on the floor?
Recently, two men from LMRA were found asking for cards of all staff and customers and instructing customers to go out and sit in their houses and not to do shopping.
By Mandeep Singh
A TOTAL of 12,250 runaways have been reported to the Labour Marker Regulatory Authority (LMRA) since it took over expatriate employment affairs in July, it was revealed yesterday. Those who have been reported have 30 days from the date their cases were filed to come forward to the LMRA or face legal action.
This is in response to Clive Turpin’s letter ‘LMRA to help…'(GDN, August 31). Is Mr Turpin serious about his comments on the LMRA?
You say that companies and expatriates should have taken the time to follow instructions.
By Soman Baby
A COMPREHENSIVE labour agreement that aims to protect the welfare of Indian workers and housemaids is to be signed between Bahrain and India next month. Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi will authorise the deal with Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi during a visit to Bahrain on December 4. They signed an initial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Kumarakom, Kerala earlier this year.
FIFTY-NINE labour market violations were reported to the General Prosecution up to September 30.
Of these, five cases have been referred to the courts for legal action, Labour Market Regulatory Authority deputy chief executive for legal enforcement Yunis Al Hermi said yesterday.
An employer has been fined BD24,000 in an out-of-court settlement for illegally hiring 24 expatriates.