Labour Inspection staff efforts praised

Manama, Sep 3 (BNA): Labour Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan has opened the new offices of the Labour Inspection Department at the Labour Ministry. The minister stressed that the role of the Labor Inspection Department is no longer confined to monitoring and following up the application of labour law at the private sector, but it has expanded to contribute to support the objectives of the Labour Ministry to include the employment of job-seekers, which is the ministry's top priority. It will also participate in the dialogue among production parties, follow-up the improvement of work environment and employment wages and incentives with the aim of stimulating private enterprises to secure the national labour job stability. He said that the labour inspection staff have executed 5128 visits to private sector companies and institutions during the first half of 2015, which have contributed to hiring 511 citizens in various productive sectors. He praised the inspection staff's sincerity to their work and assuming various responsibilities, and their efforts to support the production process, which establishes the stability and development of the labor market and preserving workers' rights, consequently consolidating Bahrain's international reputation.