Chief Executive of Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Ausamah bin Abdullah Al-Absi, today received an academic delegation of Utsunomiya University of Japan.LMRA Chief Executive gave an overview of labor market reform policies and steps taken to prioritize Bahraini citizens to play their role in promoting national economy. Continue reading
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Bahrain hotline for trafficking victims
A NATIONAL hotline dedicated to helping human trafficking victims will soon be launched.It will also address different complaints submitted by Bahrain’s expatriate community, which makes up more than half of the population, such as physical abuse, withholding of passports, non-payment of wages and other labour violations.
‘Firms should pay for expat workers’
Companies in Bahrain will be bound to pay the annual fee for all their local and expatriate workers in exchange for the government-provided medical services after a new health care system for the private sector came into effect yesterday. Continue reading
‘Muhammad’s issue solved in three hours’
Labour Market Regulatory authority (LMRA), in a statement issued, said that the issue of Muhammad, who got stranded at the Bahrain airport was resolved within three hours.
Earlier DT News had published a report that the man was stranded at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) for five days due to mismatch in Date Of Birth (DOB). Continue reading
Protect the workers!
Written by: Layla , News: Daily Tribune
Dear sir,
It is good to read about the Cabinet directing the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) to increase inspections in order to curb the problem of illegal workers in the Kingdom. Continue reading
Man found dead on Hidd beach
The body of an Indian national was removed from inside a vehicle found floating near Al Hidd coastline on Sunday. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Interior told DT News that the man was identified as Narayanan Sudharsanan, 49. 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
Expatriate job growth slides
Bahrain has witnessed a sharp decline in employment growth among foreigners, from eight per cent in the first quarter of 2013 to 2pc between January and March this year.
It means employment growth among Bahrainis has overtaken that of expatriates for the first time in almost two years. New figures show there were 153,525 Bahrainis in work at the end of the first quarter of this year, an increase of 3.9pc from the same quarter last year. Continue reading
LMRA’s Newest Service: Online appointment system
LMRA welcomes clients, and it is our pleasure to receive you at any time, we invite you to take a benefit from online appointment system service through our website for the below mentioned services in order to save your precious time: Continue reading
How to use Express Services
The following video explains how to use the express services.