Bahrain’s Labour Market Regulatory Authority has announced phase two of the Wage Protection System is going to be rolled out on 1 September.

It follows the rolling out of the first phase on 1 May this year. That roll out affected employers with more than 500 employees.

It will affect employers with 50 to 499 employees.

Employers will have six months to comply.

They can enrol before they have to.

Phase three will be rolled out on 1 January 2022. It will affect employers with one to 49 employees.

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