19 October 2010
Several businessmen are claiming that the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) is providing more assistance to runaway workers than they are to Bahraini employers. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Employers
Where does the money go?
After several years of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) imposing fees on the hiring of foreign workers, many business owners still complain about the added expense. The LMRA currently charges BD200 for a work visa application or renewal and BD90 for a dependents’ visa. In addition to this, companies must pay BD10 a month for every foreign employee. This adds up to around BD440 in fees every two years for each expat worker. Continue reading
Embassy pledge
THE Philippine Embassy is planning to soon launch its second mass repatriation programme. The move is part of its ongoing effort to keep a check on undocumented workers or those without proper paperwork.It is negotiating with all stakeholders, mainly employers and companies, to co-operate regarding the repatriation process, an embassy spokesman told the GDN. Continue reading
1,000 illegal workers held
More than 1,000 illegal workers have been tracked down by authorities in the first half of this year, it emerged yesterday. A total of 536 expats were caught working for 329 Bahraini employers without proper documents by Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) inspectors. Continue reading
Hundreds of illegal expatriates arrested
Inspection raids aimed at reducing the number of expatriates working illegally in Bahrain have netted 1,416 people in the first six months of this year.Nearly 6,000 inspection raids were conducted by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) alone in the first half of 2010 which resulted in 329 employers being sanctioned for hiring expatriates without valid work visas. Continue reading
LMRA’s new policy ‘great news’ for embassies, charities
Bonny Mascarenhas
Embassy officials and social workers have lauded a decision by LMRA to provide mistreated workers with tickets home and said that employers will refrain from mistreating employees if they know they have to deal with LMRA as a consequence. Continue reading
Protesters storm LMRA, verbally abuse staff
Mahmood Rafique
A protest by contractors and small business owners outside the Labour Market Regulatory Authority’s (LMRA) headquarters turned ugly yesterday after a handful of protesters stormed the building and hurled abuse at staff members. Continue reading
Air tickets to be provided to all mistreated workers
Bonny Mascarenhas
The LMRA’s decision this week to cover plane ticket expenses for mistreated workers who wished to return home is to be extended to all other such cases in the future. Continue reading
LMRA pays for mistreated workers’ flights home
The LMRA is providing air tickets to scores of labourers who have decided to leave the Kingdom after being mistreated by their employers.The Ministry of Labour revealed yesterday that an agreement was formed with the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Continue reading
Bahrain reforms raising cost of foreign labour
by Frederik Richter
on Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Bahrain’s labour market reforms have started to increase the cost of foreign workers to the benefit of locals, a government official said, with the government now working on introducing caps on foreign labour.