MANAMA
The rate of unemployment in Bahrain stood at 3.3 per cent last month, Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi said yesterday.
Figures released yesterday show 4,828 jobless Bahrainis out of a workforce of 145,000.
34.3 per cent of nation’s workforce now women
By REBECCA TORR
BAHRAINI women represent 34.3 per cent of the total national workforce – the largest representation of women in the GCC, it was claimed yesterday.
This compares to 23.5pc in 2001 and only five per cent in 1971, said health Ministry Assistant Under-Secretary for Primary Care and Public Health Dr Mariam Al Jalahma.
Expat staff ‘must track visa status on website’
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.
How much longer, LMRA?
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.
E-visa system boon for LMRA services
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)..
D-Day has arrived for sponsorship system
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.
What a system!
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.
The inspector calls…
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.
LMRA targeting 12,250 illegals
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.
Wake-up call
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.