Bahrain: Decision No. 21 of 2001 Regarding the Regulation of Cases of Local Transfer of Employment for Some Categories of Foreign Workers

Date of adoption

25 June 2001

(Amended by: Decision No. 40 of 2002)

Entry into force

27 June 2001

Text versions

ArabicSource:

– Official Journal Issue No 2483 (27 June 2001), pp. 45 – 47, Legislation & Legal Opinion Commission, Kingdom of Bahrain, accessed: 4 August 2014, http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/Media/LegalPDF/RLSA2101.pdf

Abstract

Keywords: Bahrain, Laws & Regulations, Foreign Labour, SponsorshipIn accordance with Art. 1 of this decision, a foreign worker may be transferred to another employer who wishes to hire him with the original employer’s approval, and if the worker has no objection to the transfer.

The transfer may be effected without the approval of the original employer in a number of situations including: at the end of the worker’s contract, the job for which he was recruited or his residence period or the closure of the establishment for which he is working; if the employer fails to pay the worker’s wages for three consecutive months with no good reason; if the employer wants to correct the status of a foreign worker employed by him without a work permit after having escaped from his original employer without being reported (Art. 2).

This decision does not apply to domestic workers and those in similar positions (Art. 5).