Bahrain: Terminated employment and dependents visas by size of establishment (Q1 2009 – Q2 2014)

Sector / Number of Employees
Commercial Government Non Commercial Non Government
0 -5 6 – 9 10 – 19 20 – 99 100 – 499 500+ Total 0 -5 6 – 9 10 – 19 20 – 99 100 – 499 500+ Total 0 -5 6 – 9 10 – 19 20 – 99 100 – 499 Total
Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent Employment Dependent
2009 Q1 2,943 310 1,081 137 1,248 187 3,313 510 3,109 484 3,162 196 14,856 1,824 3 0 2 5 5 4 23 10 21 24 36 39 90 82 181 9 58 3 26 1 24 4 21 6 310 23
Q2 2,993 413 1,140 158 1,356 214 3,204 543 2,644 442 3,271 246 14,608 2,016 1 5 1 0 2 2 21 9 27 45 130 103 182 164 204 0 52 5 36 2 57 10 88 21 437 38
Q3 2,857 306 992 124 1,432 152 2,869 449 2,313 418 3,176 215 13,639 1,664 1 0 1 0 18 35 30 67 23 12 73 114 194 2 29 3 16 8 43 25 41 33 323 71
Q4 3,293 334 1,125 126 1,406 185 3,005 433 2,311 326 3,218 225 14,358 1,629 0 0 3 0 12 5 0 11 18 20 24 15 57 51 220 1 37 0 18 4 35 18 21 9 331 32
2010 Q1 3,562 347 1,172 135 1,317 172 3,780 520 2,850 362 2,898 188 15,579 1,724 0 0 1 2 4 4 11 12 28 32 32 21 76 71 276 5 39 2 12 0 33 7 32 25 392 39
Q2 3,890 438 1,022 126 1,345 197 3,760 604 2,443 460 2,558 297 15,018 2,122 1 0 1 0 5 3 20 21 38 62 113 121 178 207 274 17 31 3 14 3 61 17 91 69 471 109
Q3 3,938 411 1,163 140 1,535 166 3,923 503 3,455 453 2,281 177 16,295 1,850 1 0 0 0 4 5 24 23 64 63 33 38 126 129 270 6 33 2 19 3 37 20 30 32 389 63
Q4 4,523 412 1,320 140 1,764 150 3,219 415 2,508 366 2,656 182 15,990 1,665 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 15 21 21 26 9 68 45 285 3 29 2 18 2 32 9 14 11 378 27
2011 Q1 4,466 478 1,285 161 2,186 214 4,292 511 2,401 373 2,556 221 17,186 1,958 1 0 1 0 16 10 23 10 29 35 23 17 93 72 257 10 24 0 17 5 40 11 13 12 351 38
Q2 4866 604 1359 239 1873 288 3603 649 2660 511 2613 271 16,974 2,562 4 2 1 4 1 18 19 41 41 90 72 159 134 246 5 35 2 23 10 74 25 103 49 481 91
Q3 4351 510 1202 116 1585 196 3023 524 2295 438 1758 158 14,214 1,942 2 2 0 0 4 9 11 16 64 36 27 32 108 95 256 4 37 2 19 4 34 3 41 21 387 34
Q4 4483 504 1264 171 1668 230 2835 439 3215 346 1859 198 15,324 1,888 2 3 1 6 5 13 22 43 43 22 82 87 155 228 6 46 6 18 8 35 4 25 17 352 41
2012 Q1 4432 617 1213 193 1552 232 3131 590 2216 368 1757 281 14,301 2,281 2 3 1 3 6 8 14 44 53 17 69 75 145 230 2 47 5 28 10 38 18 31 9 374 44
Q2 4250 594 1346 220 1551 242 2906 642 2149 422 1808 217 14,010 2,337 0 0 0 1 3 4 11 19 47 43 122 170 183 237 195 7 43 15 6 86 17 107 60 446 90
Q3 4114 499 1094 141 1513 192 2719 471 2339 369 1786 237 13,565 1,909 2 0 0 3 8 12 16 48 31 34 29 99 84 268 9 55 4 18 2 47 18 45 57 433 90
Q4 4,806 544 1,281 204 1,795 253 3,097 568 2,679 445 2,862 293 16,520 2,307 1 4 1 1 12 24 36 24 31 32 81 85 324 20 51 7 15 7 45 10 55 28 490 72
2013 Q1 5,694 783 1,513 265 1,969 290 3,559 784 3,094 556 3,462 451 19,291 3,129 3 2 2 1 13 27 62 71 50 91 130 192 407 11 60 3 23 8 58 33 29 14 577 69
Q2 5,637 945 1,534 256 1,935 403 3,352 845 3,170 592 3,501 578 19,129 3,619 1 3 2 4 2 3 8 13 86 67 124 256 223 346 378 17 81 4 37 20 98 64 111 54 705 159
Q3 6,486 827 1,709 261 2,214 304 3,524 801 3,501 590 3,702 439 21,136 3,222 2 6 4 9 3 12 25 64 44 71 146 156 230 489 18 96 1 26 5 94 54 54 39 759 117
Q4 7,812 922 2,094 276 2,655 344 3,915 774 3,502 602 3,224 397 23,202 3,315 7 2 2 1 9 4 22 37 39 26 68 120 147 190 405 6 82 3 16 9 61 26 44 30 608 74
2014 Q1 7,471 1,198 1,920 347 2,303 355 3,726 856 3,450 588 3,207 373 22,077 3,717 1 19 7 1 20 31 35 60 65 84 140 183 441 6 53 3 52 35 44 22 47 36 637 102
Q2 6,772 980 1,856 240 2,064 357 4,001 892 3,287 597 3,496 401 21,476 3,467 2 8 2 6 1 4 34 45 85 42 206 192 435 297 500 32 87 7 23 1 79 28 115 54 804 122

Source: Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Expatriate Management System (EMS)
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

This table shows the flow of renewed permits (or visas) that are given to foreigners by the LMRA. These renwed visas combine those given for regular and temporary workers, investors and dependents.
The LMRA Expatriate Management System (EMS) stores information and past history of sponsors and workers, and their dependents, within the scope of Law No. 19/2006 on regulating the labour market. The scope of the system covers regular, temporary and investor work visas for foreign workers, their dependents, in the commercial sector, the government sector and the non-commercial, non-government sector. It presently excludes domestic workers, and work visas for artists and certain other categories of workers in non-civilian organizations. It distinguishes four types of visas for operational purposes: regular work visas for workers with 24-month validity; temporary work visas issued for workers with 6-month validity; investor work visas issued for investors investing up to BD 100,000; and dependent visas issued for dependent members of eligible foreign workers.The system tracks visa applications, renewals, mobility of workers between employers and from one occupation to another as well as notification of termination and runaway workers, and in general all operations of LMRA including inspection and offence management. The system is updated continuously and linked with other labour-related databases of the Kingdom, including CIO, GDNPR, GOSI, PFC, CSB, Ministry of Labour (MoL), and Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC).
Termination refers to an employer’s application to the LMRA announcing the end of employment of a foraign worker in theeconomic unit (CR/Branch)
Work Visa is a legal certificate to allow a foreign worker to enter the country for working purposes for a period of two years with the possibility of renewal.
Worker is a generic term that refers to an employed person in general, or to an employee, a self-employed, or a particular category of worker, such as full-time or part-time worker, depending on the context in which the term is used. Four major categories of workers in terms of their status in employment are employees, employers, own-account workers, and unpaid family workers.
Size of establishment is the number of persons engaged in an establishment at a given period, including, in principle, all employees and unpaid family workers as well as any working proprietor. In practice, it refers to the total number of employees registered by anemployer at the responsible administrative agency.

2. Institution which provides data

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).

3. Data availability

The LMRA publishes these data under its Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (BLMI) section. The BLMI dashboard can be found in: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_dashboard.xml). The general BLMI data with other non-LMRA sources can be found: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/mi_data.xml)
Figures and results are often reported in tables in both PDF and Excel formats.
Data for this LMRA table for 2009 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2009/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
Data for 2010 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2010/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf)
Data for 2011 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2011/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf)
Data for 2012 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2012/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
Data for 2013 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf), (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/09/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2013/12/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
Data for 2014 can be found here: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/03/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf) and (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2014/06/data/ems/Table_37b.pdf).
The definitions that the LMRA adopts for its data can be found in the Glossary section: (http://blmi.lmra.bh/mi_glossary.xml).

Date of access: September 2014