More than 98 per cent of companies in the Kingdom have implemented the Labour Ministry’s ‘Summer Work Ban,’ which came into effect by the beginning of the month. Labour Ministry Undersecretary Sabah Al Dossary stated on Tuesday that the ministry officials paid inspection visits to 3077 establishments last week. Continue reading
‘Maid industry’ in spotlight
Oh I did have a smirk the other day reading the lament from the Bahrain Recruiters Society – a strange name suggestive of a football coven or squad for military dragoonery – as with unusual honesty, they called off a strike, “because it would ruin their business.” Continue reading
Labour Market to see growth
Labour Minister Jameel Humaidan yesterday said that Bahrain will follow the examples shown by the world in developing the labour market of the Kingdom. Highlighting small and medium sector as the next major job provider, the minister affirmed that the new employment opportunities will be developed by the Kingdom in the retail and hospitality sectors. Continue reading
Visa on arrival for 2.5bn people
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
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
LMRA seeks cooperation with Nepal’s Ministry of labour
LMRA chief Executive Mr. Ausamah Bin Abdulla Alabsi received an official delegation from the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on Tuesday 24th of June, 2014. The delegation included Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour of Nepal Mr. Surya Prasad Shrestha, senior officials from the Nepalese Ministry of Labour and accompanied by Nepalese Consul to the Kingdom of Bahrain. 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
Issuing Domestic Employees Work Permits Through 10 Post Offices
In preparation for the transition of the issuance of work permits for domestic workers from Ministry of Labor to the Labour Market Regulatory Authority, LMRA CEO Ausamah bin Abdullah Alabsi announced the launch of new development project in the services licenses to bring domestic workers in cooperation with the Department of Postal in Ministry of Transportation. Continue reading
Bahrain investigates 30 human trafficking cases in 12 months, report reveals
Bahrain has investigated 30 human trafficking cases within 12 months, including forced labour and prostitution, Gulf Daily News has reported. This figure represented a more than four-fold increase from seven cases that were dealt with by authorities in 2012, according to the latest US State Department report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). 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