by Benjamin Millington
Bahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) downplayed the concerns of around 500 contractors and small business owners who held a protest this morning against government imposed labour fees.
From 9am until noon the protestors waved placards, chanted slogans and gave speeches on the steps of the LMRA headquarters in Sanabis, calling for the government to remove a monthly $26.50 (BHD 10) fee paid by employers for every expatriate worker. Continue reading
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:02 AM
Under the patronage of H.E. Sh. Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (SCICT), the winners of the the Bahrain eContent Awards (BEA) 2009 were honored in a large ceremony held yesterday in the Sheraton Hotel. Continue reading
Chairman of LMRA recieves the award from the Deputy Prime Minister
LMRA website www.lmra.bh was a winner of Bahrain eContent Award 09 in eGovernment category.
This award is the third in the history of the 2 years old website of LMRA, the first WSA award of excellence 2007 in Italy – Venice and the second was the award of the best econtent award held by Bahrain eGov Authority in 2008.
IT was good to know that there will be a final decision about housewives’ work visas. It will be a great help if Labour Market Regulatory Authority provides visas. No one will work illegally here.
Sujata Sunil Kale
By SOMAN BABY
ABOUT 20,000 expatriates whose residence visas have not been renewed must legalise their stay before the end of this month, the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) said yesterday.
It urged all business owners and government organisations to verify and complete their expatriate labour records before March 31. Continue reading
LMRA is pleased to note the interest of the media on its Labour Market data with the recent publication in comparing the latest LMRA employment data with that of CBB. Such scrutiny of statistics is part of a healthy development of a society.
By SOMAN BABY
A DECISION on whether to allow expatriate housewives to work in more professions in Bahrain could be finalised in the next few months, a top government official has announced.
Housewives are only allowed to work as teachers, medical professionals and in technical and senior positions in the banking and financial sectors.
WITH reference to the letter ‘Good news on visas’ (GDN, February 22), Mr M Yaqub had contacted LMRA last year to inquire about getting dependent resident visas for parents.
He was indeed told that LMRA does not deal with such type of visas. LMRA can only process visas for expat employees and their direct dependents (wife and children of the employee); this cannot be extended to parents, brothers, sisters etcÉ
A MONTHLY tax on Bahraini fishermen recruiting foreign crews has been frozen for three months, it was revealed yesterday.
The suspension of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) fee of BD10 per month per worker followed a meeting between fishermen and LMRA yesterday.
Rogue firms facing crackdown
By SOMAN BABY
A MASSIVE crackdown is underway after nearly 21,000 companies were discovered breaking Bahrain’s labour laws.
Officials are also investigating 5,000 suspected ghost companies, set up to cash in on visa racketeering.