Shura Council approves law requiring businesses to train Bahraini graduates

TDT | Manama   

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The Bahrain Shura Council approved a proposal for a new law regarding vocational training. The proposed law aims to require employers with 50 or more workers to provide training for university graduates.

The law, presented by Ejlaal Isa Bubshait, Dr. Hani Ali Al Sa’ati, Dr. Jameela Mohammed Redha Al Salman, Dr. Mohammed Ali Hassan, and Sadeq Eid Al Rahma, seeks to mandate that employers train university graduates nominated by the Ministry of Labour for a minimum period of three months in their establishments, at a ratio of one trainee for every fifty workers.

Before voting on the law, the committee’s rapporteur, Hala Ramzy Fayez, pointed out that the proposed bill aims to achieve the principle of equal opportunities among citizens. “The proposal seeks to pave the way for new Bahraini university graduates to start their professional lives early by receiving practical training in private sector companies with a minimum of 50 employees.

Additionally, it aims to activate the social function of capital alongside its economic role, in line with the requirements of social justice as mandated by the constitution,” she said. She further highlighted that one of the objectives of the proposed law is to enhance the awareness of foreign university graduates entering the job market about the importance of working in the private sector.