Written by: Raji Unnikrishnan
Employment agencies illegally offering housemaids by the hour face a crackdown from authorities, despite a leading workers’ rights activist’s calls to legalise the practice. Responding to recent reports of agency cars driving around Manama advertising ‘housemaid services on hourly basis’, Labour Ministry Under-Secretary Sabah Al Dossary told the GDN that these businesses were circumventing the law by cutting deals with third-party cleaning companies. Continue reading
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Bahrainisation revision soon
A revision of the Bahrainisation percentage in private sector is on the cards, under the royal directives of Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. Continue reading
accommodation safety stressed
A Labour Ministry official yesterday urged workers to opt for certified labour accommodation so that the authorities can intervene and take necessary action during emergencies. Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary Dr Mohammed Al Ansari said the ten people who died yesterday in Riffa fire were ‘irregular/illegal workers’ in the Kingdom. Continue reading
Another amnesty?
There is talk in the town that Labour Market Regulatory Authority will once again be providing an ‘amnesty’ for illegal workers as was provided last year.