Bahrain will implement a new labour law that allows foreign workers to switch jobs without the consent of their employer, Majeed al Alawi, the minister of labour, said yesterday.
The new law, known as Decree 79 for the year 2009 – the first of its kind in the Gulf – was adopted following three years of deliberation and with input from the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). It will be implemented beginning in early August.
“I am an executive power. I do what the legislature asks me to do and if I do it wrong, then take me to court,” Mr al Alawi told a press conference in Manama yesterday as he announced the start of the three-month countdown till the law goes into effect.
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