Bahrain’s new visa on arrival policy would benefit more than 2.5 billion people from over 100 countries around the world, the Economic Development Board said in a statement yesterday. According the EDB statement, the new visa policy allows people from 60 more countries to avail the visa on arrival policy, bringing the total number of countries availing his option to around 100. Continue reading
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Smooth road ahead
The Constitutional Court has rejected the controversial article (20) of the draft law that bans certain sections of the expatriate community from obtaining a driver’s licence.A session chaired by Constitutional Court President Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa yesterday ruled that the law was non-compliant with the provisions of the Constitution in the Kingdom. Continue reading
Teenage maids alert
Concerns that increasing numbers of foreign teenage girls are landing jobs as housemaids in Bahrain have prompted calls for tighter controls on manpower agencies. It has emerged that two of five female domestic workers housed by a shelter in Bahrain in the past six months were 16-year-olds from Ethiopia. Continue reading
Ramadan turns hectic for domestic workers
As the clock is ticking towards that time of the year when the Muslims the world over would be immersed themselves in religious activities, there is a distressed lot who feels that they are being overworked during this period. Continue reading
Public Tender Notice
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority hereby invites quotations for the following Public Tender:
| Tender Title | Tender No. | Initial Bond | Tender fees | Closing Date | |||
| Day | Date | Time | |||||
| Providing Security Guard Services to LMRA Building | LMRA / 2014/05 | 1000/- | 25/- | Wednesday | 2nd July 2014 | 13:30 | |
Vendors are kindly requested to:
- Collect approperiate tender document from the Directorate of Finance & Administration of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority Seventh floor, office no. 703-Building no. 603, Road no. 1011, Sanabis- 410, after submission of nonrefundable fees specified above starting Monday 12th July 2014. Continue reading
Report illegal housemaids families urged
Authorities want people to report illegal housemaids or cleaners who are being hired out on an hourly basis.Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) chief executive Ausamah Al Absi said they were operating outside the law and were being pursued. Continue reading
Green light for healthcare bill
A strategy to provide health insurance for Bahrainis and expatriates working in both the public and private sectors has been approved. Plans to establish an executive committee for the National Health Insurance Programme, which were submitted by Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Supreme Council of Health chairman Lieutenant General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, were given the green light by the Cabinet yesterday. Continue reading
Expatriate job growth slides
Bahrain has witnessed a sharp decline in employment growth among foreigners, from eight per cent in the first quarter of 2013 to 2pc between January and March this year.
It means employment growth among Bahrainis has overtaken that of expatriates for the first time in almost two years. New figures show there were 153,525 Bahrainis in work at the end of the first quarter of this year, an increase of 3.9pc from the same quarter last year. Continue reading
LMRA WEBSITE GETS NEW LOOK
The website of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has worn a new look as the authority launched its updated website yesterday. Continue reading
Tamkeen generates BD19m revenues from LMRA fees
Tamkeen generated BD19.1 million revenues from Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) fees, it was announced yesterday.
Tamkeen board of directors held its second regular meeting for this year and reviewed first quarter financial statements, as well as the preparations for 2015 – 2017 strategy. Continue reading