LMRA calls on businesses, companies, and individuals who engage in the activity of “Manpower Agencies” in any form and under any name such as providing temporary domestic employees by the hour or providing cleaners for homes by the hour, or providing caregivers and nurses or others without obtaining a “Manpower Agency” license from the LMRA to stop immediately and rectify their position in accordance with the provisions of Article (28) of Law No. (19) of 2006, and the ordinance regulating this license No. (3) for the year 2014 regarding the regulation of licenses for manpower agencies and the procedures in force at the authority, to avoid legal accountability. Continue reading
Author Archives: Labour Market Regulatory Authority
Cancellation of Employment Offices License
Labour Market Regulatory Authority hereby announces the cancellation of the license:
- Manilla Manpower Office
Commercial Registration No: 4150908
Address: Flat 501, Building 178, Road 907, Block 309 – Manama / Salmaniya - Leaders International Manpower Office
Commercial Registration No: 4210906
Address: Flat 13, Building 181, Road 327, Block 308 – Manama / Al Qudibiya
Commit for Bahrain
LMRA Switches to Cloud Computing
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) yesterday migrated its electronic system successfully to Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre. Continue reading
LMRA: Recruitment of domestic workers to recommence on 14 September 2020
In line with a decision made by the Government Executive Committee, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, the Kingdom’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) has today announced that the recruitment of domestic workers will recommence starting on 14 September 2020. Continue reading
No flexi permits for runaway workers: LMRA
Manama, Sept. 9 (BNA): Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) CEO Ausamah bin Abdullah Al Absi said that the authority will not allow runaway workers to regularize their situation by obtaining a Flexi Permit or transferring to a new employer. Continue reading
61 manpower firms caught for violations
LEGAL action has been taken against 61 firms as part of a nationwide crackdown on rogue manpower agencies hiring domestic staff, including undocumented workers, on an hourly basis for cleaning services. Continue reading
Bahrain’s keenness to upgrade labour market systems stressed
Chief Executive of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Ausamah bin Abdullah Alabsi, received today US embassy Charge D’Affaires Margaret Nardi. Continue reading
Unlicensed manpower firm faces action
Action is being taken against a manpower agency that supplied domestic workers without a licence. Continue reading
29 Unlicensed firms facing legal action
Twenty-nine unlicensed firms supplying domestic workers on an hourly basis will face legal action. Continue reading