Archive for September, 2009

Growth of expat jobs slows in Bahrain

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Bahrain’s foreign worker employment rose to 460,352 at the end of the second quarter of 2009 from 396,918 in Q2 last year, but the annual rate of increase has slowed down to 16 per cent, compared to 18.8 per cent in the previous quarter, according to a report (more…)

Workers trapped by spiteful bosses

Monday, September 28th, 2009

AMONG the many new regulations framed by the labour authorities is that of an expatriate employee being able to change jobs without permission from his current employer, if they give their notice by registered post (more…)

Tamkeen Presents Private Sector Support Programmes at the Enterprise Growth Management Forum

Monday, September 28th, 2009

announces its intention to hold the Tamkeen Enterprise Growth Management Forum on 13 October 2009 at the Gulf Hotel. The forum is aimed at enlightening the audience about  private sector support programme and explaining to business owners how they can benefit from them (more…)

Free medical checks for 300 at camp

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

A FREE medical camp for more than 300 workers will be held at the Gulf City Cleaning Company’s labour accommodation in Salmabad tomorrow (more…)

Parents have the right to be heard

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
I am not in favour of the closure of Bahrain’s schools in fear of an outbreak of swine flu, despite my apparent sympathy for those who made the decision (more…)