MORE than 100,000 inspections have been held since the beginning of last year as part of a national campaign aimed at stamping out labour violations.
Spearheaded by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), the drive comes as part of efforts to protect the stability and competitiveness of the labour market in the kingdom.
According to the latest weekly figures released by LMRA yesterday, a total of 1,906 inspection visits were held from October 5 to 11, in addition to 28 joint campaigns, leading to the identification of 15 irregular workers and the deportation of 97 expats.
The joint campaigns were mostly focused in the Capital Governorate (12), followed by the Northern Governorate (seven), Southern Governorate (five) and Muharraq Governorate (four).
These joint campaigns were held in co-ordination with the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs, the respective governorate’s Police Directorate, the General Directorate of Verdict Enforcement and Alternative Sentencing, and the General Directorate of Crime Detection and Forensic Science.
The Social Insurance Organisation and the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority were also involved in the latest round of joint inspections.
Legal measures have been taken regarding the violations, the LMRA affirmed in the statement.
Since January last year, a total of 100,093 inspection visits and 1,399 joint campaigns have been conducted, resulting in 3,446 detentions and the deportation of 11,245 irregular workers.
The LMRA affirmed that it will continue to jointly co-ordinate with government agencies to intensify inspection campaigns in all the governorates of the kingdom, and to address any violations or practices that negatively affect the stability and competitiveness of the labour market or harm the economic and social security of the nation.
The labour watchdog renewed its call on all members of the society to support the efforts of government agencies in addressing illegal labour practices, by reporting violations via the electronic form on the authority’s website www.lmra.gov.bh or by calling the authority’s call centre on 17506055 or via the government’s suggestions and complaints system, Tawasul.
• Citizens and residents can also report violations by contacting the NPRA call centre on 17077077 or email info@npra.gov.bh.
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