10,000 illegal workers in Bahrain leave under amnestyMore than 10,000 illegal foreign workers have left Bahrain within the last six months as part of a nationwide amnesty. The government-initiated amnesty, which ended on Thursday, allowed illegal expatriates a chance to return home or legalise t More… |
StanChart launches new employee benefits schemeA new employee benefits scheme granting mothers 140 days of maternity leave as well as 10 working days to fathers as paternity leave has been launched by Standard Chartered Bank Bahrain. To be implemented from January 1 next year, More… |
StanChart launches new employee benefits schemeA new employee benefits scheme granting mothers 140 days of maternity leave as well as 10 working days to fathers as paternity leave has been launched by Standard Chartered Bank Bahrain. To be implemented from January 1 next year, More… |
Bahraini quake aid team leaves to NepalA 10-member team of specialists will leave today for Nepal, accompanying the first consignment of relief aid from Bahrain weighing more than 7,000kg. They are part of the rescue team under the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) that More… |
Employee allowances and benefits rise across GCCBudget allocation to employee allowances and benefits continues to rise across the Gulf states, according to the latest GCC Allowances and Benefits Survey conducted by Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Ao More… |
Bahrainis refuse to leave quake-hit NepalSeveral Bahraini citizens are refusing to leave Nepal despite surviving the country's worst earthquake in decades, according to diplomats. More than 50 Bahrainis are believed to be in Nepal, which has been devastated by Saturd More… |
Iran minister to leave talks for Tehran consultationsIranian Foreign Minister Mohommad Javad Zarif will leave the nuclear talks with six world powers on Friday and return to Tehran for discussions with top officials four days before a deadline for a final agreement expires. "Za More… |
Egypt militants warn tourists to leave countryThe Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis has told tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack anyone who stays in the country after a deadline of February 20. The Sinai-based group, which claimed responsibility for a More… |
Doctors face penalty for fake sick leave lettersSaudi Arabian authorities are set to punish doctors who provide fake sick leave certificates with up to one year in prison and up to SR100,000 or both, said a report. The employees who produce such fake sick leave certificates wil More… |
Bahrain law on annual leave may be challengedBahrain's new Labour law governing annual leave for employees is allegedly costing companies millions of dinars and businessmen claim leave costs have doubled since the new regulations came into force last September, a repo More… |