{"id":4050,"date":"2020-08-26T11:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T08:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=4050"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T08:55:42","slug":"29-unlicensed-firms-facing-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2020\/08\/26\/29-unlicensed-firms-facing-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Unlicensed firms facing legal action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u062f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4051\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u062f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u062f.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u062f-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\u0623\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u064a\u062f-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twenty-nine unlicensed firms supplying domestic workers on an hourly basis will face legal action.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The crackdown follows a joint campaign launched by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) and the General Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Evidence at the Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 53 violating domestic workers were also arrested, four of whom have outstanding warrants on them, LMRA director of preventive inspection department Ahmed Al Junaid said in a statement last night.<\/p>\n<p>Legal measures have been taken against these violating institutions and workers, and they have been referred to the authorities concerned for further action.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that 58 establishments were found to have violated laws during the last three months, while 131 workers were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDealing with licensed offices guarantees the rights of citizens and residents and protects families from any negative repercussions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Records of these agencies are constantly monitored, which gives the public a higher degree of safety, he added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-nine unlicensed firms supplying domestic workers on an hourly basis will face legal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[995,622,602,532],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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