The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
MPs have passed a bill that aims to increase the period set for a foreign worker to spend with an employer, from one year to three years, as a precondition for the right to move to another employer.
MP Dr Sawsan Kamal expressed her rejection on the proposal, saying: “The extension of the period of compulsion is a step backwards and a violation of human rights represented in the free movement of the worker. It is a clear return to the sponsorship system that we have gone beyond by looking at the worker’s rights and not violating them.”