Bahrain bans sacking of staff for union activities
AFP
October 17, 2006
MANAMA — King Hamad Monday banned the dismissal of employees in Bahrain’s private sector for trade union activities, the BNA official news agency said.
The monarch issued a decree amending the existing labor law in the private sector to “ban the dismissal of a worker because of his activities in his trade union,” BNA said.
The decree also instructed “courts to reinstate the employee to his post and [order the employer to] compensate him for the period spent out of work when proven that his dismissal was based on his union activities,” it added.
Bahrain bans sacking of staff for union activities
AFP
October 17, 2006
MANAMA — King Hamad Monday banned the dismissal of employees in Bahrain’s private sector for trade union activities, the BNA official news agency said.
The monarch issued a decree amending the existing labor law in the private sector to “ban the dismissal of a worker because of his activities in his trade union,” BNA said.
The decree also instructed “courts to reinstate the employee to his post and [order the employer to] compensate him for the period spent out of work when proven that his dismissal was based on his union activities,” it added.
Labor unions have been authorized in Bahrain since 2002 as part of timid attempts to introduce reforms, making Bahrain the second Gulf Arab state after Kuwait to authorize syndicates.
