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Waleed Al-Helo
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الأسئلة المجابة 108892 | نسبة الرضا 98.1%
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good evening madam. i want to know why we are not...
good evening madam. i want to know why we are not hold our passport
Lawyer's Assistant: Where are you located? It matters because laws vary by location
west riffa bahrain
Lawyer's Assistant: Has anything been filed or reported?
we still not report but we will complain in ministry labour
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also the working hour.. in our contract its only 8hrs. but we work for more than 12hrs.withou
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Waleed Al-Helo
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الأسئلة المجابة 108892 | نسبة الرضا 98.1%
We would like to inform you that according to the Bahrain Labor Law, if you are an expat with work visa, the employer\sponsor is not entitled to take your passport, if so then you have to ask him to get it back. If he refused then you have to go to the nearest police office and file a complaint, then take a copy of the complaint to the labor office to prove the employer violation. As the law allows only the governmental departments to take the passport with legal reason, but the private sectors are not allowed.
For the working hours, they are determined as below:
Article (51)
A) Subject to the provisions of Articles (53) and (54) of this Law, the worker may not be employed more than forty-eight hours per week.
B) Except as provided in this Law, a Muslim worker may not be employed in Ramadan more than six hours a day or thirty-six hours a week.
(C) The Minister may, by a decision of the Minister, reduce the maximum hours of work for certain categories of workers or certain industries or works whose circumstances or nature require such.
Article (52)
(A) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Article, hours of work shall be interrupted by one or more periods of prayer, food and rest not less than half an hour in total, which shall be determined not to employ the worker for more than six consecutive hours. Actual work.
(B) The Minister may, by decision, determine the acts and situations in which, for technical or operational reasons, work shall be continued without rest, and shall determine the difficult or cumbersome work in which the worker is given rest periods calculated within the actual working hours.
Article (53)
A) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article (51) of this Law, the worker shall not be employed for more than eight hours per day unless otherwise agreed, provided that the worker's working hours shall not exceed ten hours per day .
B) Hours of work and rest periods shall be regulated so that the period from the beginning of the working hours to the end shall not exceed eleven hours per day. The rest period shall be calculated from the hours of presence if the worker is at the workplace.
C) Excluded from the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be workers who engage in intermittent work in their nature, which shall be determined by a decision of the Minister, provided that they shall not exceed twelve hours per day.
Article (54)
The employer may employ the worker for overtime if the working conditions so require.
The worker shall be paid for each additional hour equal to the wage to which he is entitled, plus at least 25% of the daytime working hours and 50% of the working hours of the night.
Article (55)
The employer must clearly place in the workplace a schedule explaining the weekly rest day, working hours and rest periods for each worker, and the amendments to this schedule.
Therefore, you can go to the Labor Office and submit a complaint and explain in detail to fix that.
For the working hours, they are determined as below:
Article (51)
A) Subject to the provisions of Articles (53) and (54) of this Law, the worker may not be employed more than forty-eight hours per week.
B) Except as provided in this Law, a Muslim worker may not be employed in Ramadan more than six hours a day or thirty-six hours a week.
(C) The Minister may, by a decision of the Minister, reduce the maximum hours of work for certain categories of workers or certain industries or works whose circumstances or nature require such.
Article (52)
(A) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Article, hours of work shall be interrupted by one or more periods of prayer, food and rest not less than half an hour in total, which shall be determined not to employ the worker for more than six consecutive hours. Actual work.
(B) The Minister may, by decision, determine the acts and situations in which, for technical or operational reasons, work shall be continued without rest, and shall determine the difficult or cumbersome work in which the worker is given rest periods calculated within the actual working hours.
Article (53)
A) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article (51) of this Law, the worker shall not be employed for more than eight hours per day unless otherwise agreed, provided that the worker's working hours shall not exceed ten hours per day .
B) Hours of work and rest periods shall be regulated so that the period from the beginning of the working hours to the end shall not exceed eleven hours per day. The rest period shall be calculated from the hours of presence if the worker is at the workplace.
C) Excluded from the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be workers who engage in intermittent work in their nature, which shall be determined by a decision of the Minister, provided that they shall not exceed twelve hours per day.
Article (54)
The employer may employ the worker for overtime if the working conditions so require.
The worker shall be paid for each additional hour equal to the wage to which he is entitled, plus at least 25% of the daytime working hours and 50% of the working hours of the night.
Article (55)
The employer must clearly place in the workplace a schedule explaining the weekly rest day, working hours and rest periods for each worker, and the amendments to this schedule.
Therefore, you can go to the Labor Office and submit a complaint and explain in detail to fix that.
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Waleed Al-Helo
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الأسئلة المجابة 108892 | نسبة الرضا 98.1%
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