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BHR-2005-R-72743
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Title_of_text
Ministerial Order No. 8 of 2005 with respect to a Model form of employment contract for domestic help and similar persons.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bahrain
Subjects (Classification)
Specific categories of workers; Homeworkers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2005-04-18
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides a Model Form of Employment Contract for domestic workers. The contract is to include terms and conditions to be adhered to including the term of the contract, wages, medical examination and treatment, provision of food and housing, three month probationary period. The employer is to pay for the return of the worker to their home country. All disputes are to be referred to the Ministry of Labour. Provisions of the Civil Code are to apply to the contract, as are the provisions of the Labour Law for the Private Sector. Contracts are to be made in Arabic with a translation to be made in English.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1976-06-10 (BHR-1976-L-13930)
Amiri Decree Law No. 23 of 1976 to promulgate the Labour Law for the private sector.
Serial region
Serial title
English Translation of the Official Gazette
Date
2005-05-04
Number
Issue No. 2685
Page range
pp. 7-9