BD441,000 fine for 20 convicted of trading in work permits: LMRA

TDT | Manama             

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) declared the issuance of judicial convictions against 20 defendants in cases related to the issuance of work permits for expatriate workers without need for them and trading in work permits.

The total fines amounted to BD441,000, while the investigation is still ongoing across a range of other cases based on the Authority’scommitment to implement the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to address illegal practices that would affect the competitiveness, fairness, and flexibility of the Bahrain labour market.

The LMRA confirmed that these convictions were achieved by the efforts of the concerned parties in the Authority, in cooperation with the relevant government agencies in the Ministry of Interior and the General Directorate of Investigations and Criminal Evidence, in addition to the Public Prosecution and the judiciary.

LMRA Chief Executive Officer Nouf Abdulrahman Jamsheer stressed the importance of interdepartmental cooperation with various government agencies to address such practices, which have repercussions on the individual and society; and to reinforce strict regulations in authorising the issuance of commercial registrations in the name of quick profits, which will later reflect negatively on the business owners and ultimately on the Bahraini society.