Campaign to ensure implementation of break rule in Bahrain launched
By Suad Hamada, Special to Gulf News
Manama: A massive labour inspection campaign started yesterday to ensure implementation of the ban on construction and other outdoor work between noon and 4pm, labour official said.
The Director …
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Protect them from heat
July 17th, 2007
Shocking!
July 16th, 2007
Runaway suffers miscarriage at shelter A distressed Filipina worker at the Philippine embassy shelter shocked officials on Thursday evening when she miscarried. Fellow inmates first thought the worker, a woman in thirties, was bleeding because of some illness till they realised that she had a miscar...
Six month amnesty will be successful
July 9th, 2007
Amnesty ‘to draw wide response’ ahead of reforms By Suad Hamada, Special to Gulf News Manama: The amnesty for runaway expatriate workers is expected to be more successful than the one granted in 2002 which attracted around 5,000 individuals because of the government’s new tough reg...
Why?
July 8th, 2007
Report- Bahrain Tribune Yet another Indian committed suicide yesterday evening in Riffa. The 35-year-old Indian working in a boutique in East Riffa committed suicide by hanging himself from the fan. According to information released, the Indian had been experiencing financial problems following the ...
Target: Migrant Workers
July 7th, 2007
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has come out strongly against the move by the General Directorate of Traffic to ban foreign students and expatriates working in menial jobs from acquiring driving licenses. The law comes close on the heels of the one that bars unmarried expatriates from living in ...
Maid to suffer
July 5th, 2007
‘M’ for maid. ‘M’ for money and ‘M’ for misery They do not have a world of luxury but make sure that their employer does. They do not hit you back when you hit them. Traits like this have made them an essential ‘commodity’ in Bahraini households. Families shell out hundreds of din...
Manna from heaven for immigrant workers
June 28th, 2007
Finally, the moment of reckoning arrives for hundreds of immigrant labour toiling in Bahrain. The days of untold hardships in the hands of cruel sponsors and employers and living in anonymity would soon become a thing of the past. They can be legal workers of Bahrain, shedding the dreaded tag of ‘...
Midday Heat Escape for Workers
June 25th, 2007
Bahrain Legislation News Workers Working conditions
Gulf Daily News reports that migrant workers might get an opportunity to escape the heat of the midday sun during Bahrain’s hottest two months, as The Cabinet urges a ban on outdoor work from 12-4pm during July and August. The Cabinet yesterday moved to protect workers from Bahrain’s sc...
A Story of A Legal Slave
June 25th, 2007
He greeted me every morning as I opened the backdoor and entered the office. Some time back when I first joined I had asked for a cup of coffee, with cream and no sugar. Ever since, every day at the same time he would come with my morning coffee. He received my “Thank you” with a wide smile, “...
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