Cairo: Bahrain has officially set into motion a phased system aimed to protect wages of private sector employees and limit labour disputes.
The country’s labour regulator said the first stage of the system went into effect as of May with a wide response from the targeted employers.
The current phase targets employers of 500 workers or above. Around 92 per cent of the employers covered by the first phase of the scheme, unveiled in March, have complied, according to Bahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).
“The Authority has been keen to facilitate all procedures related to joining this system,” said LMRA Executive Chairman Jamal Abdulaziz. He explained that the employer has to open accounts for all his registered employees, citizens and expatriates alike, at a commercial bank or a financial corporation licensed by the central bank without having to show up in person at LMRA. “Nearly 92 per cent of the employers targeted in the first phase have partially joined