{"id":3747,"date":"2019-06-20T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2019-06-20T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:18:02","slug":"bahrain-maintains-its-tier-1-status-in-the-us-state-departments-2019-tip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2019\/06\/20\/bahrain-maintains-its-tier-1-status-in-the-us-state-departments-2019-tip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain maintains its Tier 1 status in the US State Department\u2019s 2019 TIP report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-20-at-5.12.58-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3748\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-20-at-5.12.58-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-20-at-5.12.58-PM.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-20-at-5.12.58-PM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-20-at-5.12.58-PM-500x276.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Kingdom of Bahrain maintains its Tier 1 status in the US State Department\u2019s 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report in recognition of the Government\u2019s labour market reforms program.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bahrain became the first country in the region to achieve Tier 1 status and is now recognized as being fully compliant with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act\u2019s (TVPA) minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking. The 2019 TIP report recognised the Kingdom\u2019s achievements in mitigating the trafficking of people and combatting forced labour. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The report exemplifies Bahrain\u2019s far-reaching labour market initiatives, which include the introduction of the ground breaking \u2018Flexible Work Permit\u2019 &#8211; a permit enabling undocumented workers to work without a sponsor in any full or part-time job for a renewable two-year period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Flexible Work Permit won praise from the International Organization for Migration and UN Human Rights Council as a model example of an effective labour market reform. The Flexible Work Permit addresses the growing demand for labour and eliminates the barriers to employment whilst providing further protection to workers\u2019 rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Victim\u2019s Assistance Fund is the first of its kind in the region, working to strengthen the return and reintegration of victims through financial and humanitarian assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The TIP report also highlights the introduction of a \u2018Wage Protection System\u2019 (WPS), which monitors and documents the process of worker wage payment by requiring all salary payments to be made through approved vendors. The WPS ensures employers remain committed to the wage payment process systematically in accordance with the Kingdom\u2019s labour laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The TIP report also recognises other initiatives introduced to combat human trafficking, including an electronic \u2018National Referral System\u2019 \u2013 a centralised operating system that links all government and private organisations working to combat human trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The National Referral System expedites the process of complaints by connecting all stakeholders, ensuring that no case is closed until all legal and administrative procedures have been completed. The system connects and follows up on complaints referred to all necessary bodies, such as the Labour Market Regulatory Authority, the Ministry of the Interior, police stations; the Ministry of Justice, the Public Prosecution, hospitals; health centres, embassies and diplomatic missions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Bahrain maintains its Tier 1 status in the US State Department\u2019s 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report in recognition of the Government\u2019s labour market reforms program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[226,883,920,921],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bahrain maintains its Tier 1 status in the US State Department\u2019s 2019 TIP report - Media Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2019\/06\/20\/bahrain-maintains-its-tier-1-status-in-the-us-state-departments-2019-tip-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bahrain maintains its Tier 1 status in the US State Department\u2019s 2019 TIP report - 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