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In accordance to your query, we would like to clarify that if the contract is fixed-term then you can’t leave the work without the employer approval. That’s in regard to the Bahraini Labor Law as it states in the following articles:
Article (96):
(a) A contract of employment made for a period of definite duration shall automatically terminate at the end of the period.
(b) If a contract of employment made for a definite duration expires at the end of its duration, it may be renewed by an express agreement between the parties thereto for a further term(s).
Article (97):
(a) A contract of employment concluded for the performance of a specific work shall terminate upon the completion of such work as agreed.
(b) If a contract of employment concluded for completion of a particular work, it may be renewed by an express agreement between the parties thereto for completion of any other work or works.
Article (98):
A contract of employment shall be deemed for an indefinite period in the following events: 1. If the contract is concluded without fixing its duration.
2. If the contract is concluded for a period of more than five years.
3. If the duration of the original and renewed contract is more than 5 years.
4. If the parties to a contract made for a definite duration continue its performance after the expiry of its term without an express agreement to renew it.
5. If a contract of employment is made for the completion of a certain work and where it continues for more than 5 years.
6. If a contract of employment made for completion of a specific work is renewed and where the period of completion of the original work and the works for which the contract is renewed continues for more than 5 years.
7. If a contract of employment is made for completion of a specific work and its parties continue to implement it following the completion of such work without an express agreement to renew it.
Article (99):
(a) Either party to a contract of employment may terminate it upon giving the other party thirty days’ prior notice and such contract shall remain effective during the notice period and the parties thereto shall be bound by all the obligations arising therefrom. If the contract is terminated by the employer, agreement may be reached that the notice period shall be more than 30 days.
(b) If a contract of employment is terminated without complying with the notice period, the party that terminates the contract shall pay to the other party compensation for such notice period equivalent to the worker’s wage for the entire notice period or the remainder thereof, as the case may be. If the termination takes place by the employer, the notice period or the remainder thereof shall be reckoned as part of the worker’s service period. If termination takes place by the worker, the contract shall be terminated as from the date of leaving his job duties.
(c) If notice of termination of the contract is given by the employer, a worker shall be entitled to absent himself from work for a whole day in every week or for 8 hours during the week to look for another job, provided that absence shall take place at an appropriate time for the conditions of business and the worker shall be entitled to receive his wage for the days or hours of absence.
(d) The provisions of this article shall not prejudice the right of either party of the contract to claim compensation for termination of the contract, if such claim is justified
Article (100):
Notice provided for in Article (99) of this Law shall be in writing and the party that wishes to terminate the contract of employment shall deliver such notice to the other party or his/its representative against obtaining his signature confirming receipt or shall sent such notice by a registered letter with a note of delivery to the most recent address supplied by the other party. If the party to whom such notice is served refuses to receive it, the other party may prove this event by all means of evidence. The effectiveness of the notice period shall commence from the date of receiving such notice or refusal to receive it, as the case may. Notice to terminate the contract shall not be conditional upon a suspending or termination clause.

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