Salaries credited to employers’ accounts

TDT | Manama

Social Insurance Organisation (SIO) Chief Executive Officer Eman Mustafa Al Murbati said yesterday that the salaries of Bahrainis working in the private sector have been credited to the accounts of the second batch of business owners. The move is in line with the government’s directives to pay the wages of Bahraini private sector employees for the months of April, May and June, from the Insurance against Unemployment Fund.

This is part of the Kingdom’s financial and economic package to provide the necessary liquidity for the private sector, she said. Al Murbati added that SIO had given the opportunity to the remaining 13 per cent of business owners wishing to benefit from the government’s stimulus package to register electronically between April 18 and 20, to ensure that the government’s support benefits all Bahraini private sector workers.

She said that SIO had completed all procedures to credit the amounts of the month of April, and the business owners will then pay their national workforce according to schedule. Al Murbati expressed SIO’s readiness to cooperate with all parties. She noted that business owners and Bahraini workers may contact the SIO through its Communication and Services Centre on 17-000707, or through the National Suggestions and Complaints System (Tawasul) in case they have any remarks or complaints about work procedures.