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Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decision of the Minister of Labour and Social Development No. (8) Of 2020 amending Article 1 of Resolution No. (25) Of 2013 determining the occupations for which workers may be present at the workplace for more than eleven hours a day. (قرار وزير العمل والتنمية الاجتماعية رقم (8) لسنة 2020 بتعديل المادة الأولى من القرار رقم (25) لسنة 2013 بتحديد الأعمال المتقطِّـعة بطبيعتها التي يجوز تواجُـد العامل بها في مكان العمل أكثر من إحدى عشرة ساعة في اليوم الواحد.) -

Adoption: 2020-02-06 | BHR-2020-R-110359

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Minister of Labour and Social Development Decision No. 80 of 2018 regarding the conditions and regulations for granting two hours of rest to an employee or worker with a disability or who looks after a person with a disability. (2- قرار وزير العمل والتنمية الاجتماعية رقم (80) لسنة 2018 بشأن شروط وضوابط منْح ساعتَي الراحة للموظف أو العامل من ذوي الإعاقة أو الذي يرعى شخصاً ذا إعاقة.) -

Adoption: 2019-01-10 | BHR-2019-R-110319

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ministerial Order No. 24 of 2013 reducing the maximum working hours for certain categories of workers, industries or jobs as required. -

Adoption: 2013-06-13 | Date of entry into force: 2013-06-14 | BHR-2013-R-95285

Reduces by at least one hour the daily working hours for certain industries, jobs and for workers with special needs and those who suffers from Sickle Cell Anemia (ALSCALR).

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ministerial Order No. 25 of 2013 determining the occupations for which workers may be present at the workplace for more than eleven hours a day. -

Adoption: 2013-06-13 | Date of entry into force: 2013-06-14 | BHR-2013-R-95290

Determines the occupations for which workers may be present at the workplace for more than eleven hours a day. Working hours are not to exceed a maximum of twelve hours per day.

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ministerial Order No. 27 of 2013 determining the jobs or cases which, for technical reasons or due to working circumstances, require the continuance of work without a rest period and determining the difficult or arduous works in which a worker is entitled to a rest period calculated as part of the effective working hours. -

Adoption: 2013-06-13 | Date of entry into force: 2013-06-14 | BHR-2013-R-95296

Determines the works or cases which, for technical reasons or for circumstances of the work, require the continuance of work without a rest period.
Moreover, workers who works in arduous and difficult conditions are entitled to a one hour rest period calculated as part of the effective working hours.

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ministerial Order No. 16 of 2013 regarding the occupations and circumstances under which it is prohibited to employ women at night. -

Adoption: 2013-05-30 | Date of entry into force: 2013-05-31 | BHR-2013-R-95259

Defines the industrial establishments where women may not be employed at night:
- manufacturing destroying and converting materials;
- shipbuilding;
- electric jobs (generating, transferring or coupling) or any kind of dynamic works;
- construction projects and civil engineering; and
- any other jobs or occupations issued by by the Minister of Labour.

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order No. 3 for 2013 regulating working hours outdoors. -

Adoption: 2013-03-07 | Date of entry into force: 2013-03-08 | BHR-2013-R-95101

Employers are prohibited from employing workers outdoors between the hours of 12:00 pm. and 16:00 pm. between 1 July and 31 August of each year.
The employer is committed to develop a schedule for determining the daily working hours in accordance with the provisions of this Order, and to put a copy of it in a visible place at the facility and work location.
The workers in the oil and gas installations, as well as those who work in emergency maintenance are excluded from this Order, and the employer has to take the necessary precautions to protect them from sun rays.
Order No. 24 of 2007 regulating working hours outdoors is repealed.

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ministerial Order No. 1 of 2013 concerning the Official Holidays for Employees Working in the Private Sector. -

Adoption: 2013-01-24 | Date of entry into force: 2013-01-25 | BHR-2013-R-95098

This Order designates 13 official paid holidays during the year for employees working in the private sector.

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Law, Act

Law No. 30 of 2005 with respect to amending certain provisions of the Law No. 23 of 1976 to promulgate the Labour Law for the private sector.

Adoption: 2005-08-15 | BHR-2005-L-73044

Replaces the first para. of Article 88 of the principal Law concerning two weeks paid vacation for muslim workers in order to perform a pilgrimage once during the period of his service after at least five years of continuous service to the employer.

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order No. 11 of 1977, with respect to the hours of work during the holy month of Ramadhan for non-Muslim workers -

Adoption: 1977 | BHR-1977-R-69839

Made pursuant to the Labour Law for the Private Sector, 1976. Provides that the provisions limiting the hours of work during the holy month of Ramadhan do not apply to non-Muslim workers

Bahrain - Conditions of work - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order No. 20 of 1976 limiting days of feasts, seasons, other occasions and seasonal work on which workers may be required to work overtime -

Adoption: 1976-08-15 | BHR-1976-R-69836