{"id":572,"date":"2008-04-24T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=572"},"modified":"2023-03-27T13:40:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:40:22","slug":"respect-at-last-for-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2008\/04\/24\/respect-at-last-for-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Respect at last for workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOW sad for businesses that the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) intends to introduce laws allowing workers to choose who they work for.<br \/>\nNo longer will companies be able to &#8220;buy&#8221; workers and treat them as slaves. No longer will they be able to unilaterally dictate terms and conditions. No longer will they be able to just stop paying workers for no reason.<br \/>\nFor the first time, workers will actually have rights, which will have to be respected by their employees. No wonder businesses are complaining about this.<br \/>\nAs for the comments of BCCI contractors&#8217; committee vice-chairman Nedham Kameshki that &#8220;there is no single businessman in Bahrain who will accept this&#8221;, there are many businesses in Bahrain who already accept this, and allow their staff to move freely if they wish to.<br \/>\nHowever this doesn&#8217;t happen very often because these same companies treat their staff well and the staff return that reward with their loyalty.<br \/>\nInteresting concept. Others should try it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW sad for businesses that the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) intends to introduce laws allowing workers to choose who they work for. No longer will companies be able to &#8220;buy&#8221; workers and treat them as slaves. 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