By Mandeep Singh
COMPANIES need to come forward to provide up-to-date information on their expatriate workers to labour authorities, it was reiterated yesterday.
With a little more than a month remaining for the July 1 deadline for companies to “cleanse” their data, only about 20 per cent of the expatriate workers have been registered so far, said Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) chief executive Ali Radhi.
With reference to Mrs June M Al Saffar letter (GDN, May 25) “How much cleansing?”, we would like to clear everyone’s confusion between the employee’s enrolment and the data cleansing processes.
There are general misconceptions that once employees have been enrolled, they are automatically cleansed, or that we need the employees again in order to complete the data cleansing!
By MANDEEP SINGH
MANAMA
SMALL contracting companies who depend on cheap labour will be hit the hardest following a government decision to ban Bangladeshis from working in Bahrain, industry officials said yesterday.
By geoffrey bew
THE Bangladesh government yesterday said it would not stand in the way of Bahrain’s decision to stop issuing visas to its nationals.
The news of the ban has sent shockwaves through the more than 90,000-strong Bangladeshi community in Bahrain, say officials.
By BASMA MOHAMMED
BAHRAIN’s decision to no longer issue work permits to Bangladeshis has prompted a mixed response from the Bahraini and expat communities.
The GDN yesterday spoke to people in the Manama suq and an area of Salmaniya known as the “Bangladesh colony”, where many illegal workers are known to live.
Labour Ministry officials said yesterday that it had nothing to do with the ban decision.
“The ministry is not responsible in specifying the nationalities of workers being brought to Bahrain,” said its public and international relations director Subah Al Dossary.
MANAMA: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis face an uncertain future after it was confirmed yesterday that Bahrain would not renew their work permits once they expired. It follows an announcement by the Interior Ministry late on Monday that no new work visas would be issued for Bangladeshis, following the murder of a Bahraini on Friday. The news has sent shockwaves through the Bangladesh community in Bahrain, which currently numbers around 90,000. However, Bangladeshi citizens are still being urged to register with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority to avoid becoming illegal. Small contracting firms are expected to be worst hit by the decision, which was made after Bahraini Mohammed Jassim Dossary was murdered in a row with a Bangladeshi mechanic at a Hamad Town workshop.
MANAMA: Bahrain has stopped issuing work permits to Bangladeshi nationals. The restriction follows directives issued late last night by Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.
This was revealed by Ministry entry-points, search and follow-up assistant under-secretary Colonel Yousuf Al Ghatam in a statement.
By SOMAN BABy
ALL expatriates, who have not yet registered at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), should not panic over rumours that they would be jailed or deported.
There is no need to rush or panic and everyone will be given enough time to register, said LMRA e-services and public relations manager Waheed Al Balushi.
By BEGENA P PRADEEP
Thousands of expatriates who turned up at The Indian Club yesterday to register themselves with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) ended up causing chaos and damaging club property.
It was announced in yesterday’s newspapers that the LMRA enrolment centre at the Sanabis Club had been closed and shifted to The Indian Club in Gudaibiya for convenience from yesterday to Wednesday.