No tolerance with law violators: LMRA Chief Executive | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

No tolerance with law violators: LMRA Chief Executive | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)’s Chief Executive Officer, Jamal Abdulaziz Al Alawi, disclosed that the LMRA’s Law Enforcement Sector has made a comprehensive plan for launching intensive inspection campaigns in various markets and commercial shops in all the Kingdom’s governorates to stand against any illegal practices which might adversely affect the labour market. The LMRA’s CEO stressed the need to preserve the labour market’s strength, competitiveness, fairness, and stability. Upon review of the Law Enforcement Sector Report 2021, Al Alawi said that despite the consequences of the pandemic, over 10 thousand inspection visits were made, resulting in the detection of over 900 criminal violations, in addition to launching over 100 joint campaigns with relevant authorities, which also resulted in the arrest of hundreds of violating workers, and the referral of 8 forced labour cases to the concerned authorities. The LMRA’s CEO underscored that LMRA’s partners in various government authorities, including the Nationality, Passports & Residence Affairs (NPRA), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism, the Ministry of Works & Urban Planning, the Ministry of Health, and security directorates in all governorates, jointly launched regular intensive inspection campaigns, each within its own scope of jurisdiction, to detect any violations in