Posts Tagged ‘Expatriate Workers’

LMRA Opens new office at airport

Monday, August 13th, 2012

The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Executive Ausamah Al Absi on Saturday inaugurated its new office at the Bahrain International Airport.

The new office will help finalising visa procedures for expatriate workers at the airport on arrival.

The LMRA had launched its excellent electronic system in 2007 which facilitates its services for employers and manpower agencies by entering data to obtain feedback and easy processing for the best interest of citizens and migrant workers.

“Employers and processing and clearance agencies can finalise the whole process of an application from A to Z from the comfort of their office or at home and obtain migrant workers’ labour permits within ten days through system, Mr.Al Absi said.

“The system features speedy and easy services which is an added value to the Kingdom’s eGovernment services in terms of transparency, creativity and competitiveness,“ he added.

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LMRA enrolment mandatory for expats

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Foreign workers who have not completed their enrolment process at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) will not be allowed to renew their work visas or change jobs from July 1.

As per the new regulations, employers will also be penalised if they fail to ensure that their expatriate workers are enrolled at the LMRA.

Failure to do this by the end of this month will mean that the employer’s transactions with LMRA will be suspended. (more…)

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Labour initiatives hailed

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

HIS Majesty King Hamad yesterday highlighted the role of the Labour Ministry in promoting the labour reform project, providing work opportunities for jobseekers and training Bahrainis.

He also praised labour initiatives that have won international recognition.

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MPs rapped for jobs switch row

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

By MOHAMMED AL A’ ALI

BAHRAIN’S biggest parliamentary bloc rounded on MPs yesterday for demanding restrictions to stop expatriate workers being given free rein to switch jobs.
The restrictions will actually harm businesses, rather than protecting them, said Al Wefaq bloc president Shaikh Ali Salman.
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DATE WITH HISTORY

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

MANAMA: Bahrain will make regional history on August 1 by scrapping the sponsorship system. Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi revealed the date after attending a multi-party meeting convened by Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) chairman Dr Essam Fakhro.
The new-look law governing work contracts will be subjected to periodic assessment to evaluate its viability.
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