Labour Market Regulatory Authority (Bahrain)

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Labour Market Regulatory Authority

Authority overview
Formed	31 May 2006 (15 years ago)
Type
Headquarters	Sanabis, Manama 26°13′51″N 50°32′47″E / 26.230768°N 50.546465°E / 26.230768; 50.546465
Authority executive	Ausamah Abdulla Al Absi, CEO
Parent Authority
Website	lmra.bh

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The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) is a government body in Bahrain with a corporate identity endowed with full financial and administrative independence under the authority of a board of directors chaired by the . The Authority was established on 31 May 2006 to regulate and control work permits for foreign workers in Bahrain and the self-employed, in addition to issuing licenses for manpower and recruitment agencies.

Fees are imposed on companies for foreign work permits, as well as a monthly tax for each foreign worker they employ. At 2012, the foreign work permit fee was BD200, and the monthly tax for each foreign worker employed was BD10.^[1] There were 600,857 foreign workers in Bahrain at the end of the second quarter of 2018, compared to 158,814 Bahrainis employed.^[2]

See also[]

• Tamkeen (Bahrain)

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