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Bahrain mulls salary cap for civil servantsBahrain is considering caps on salaries and aptitude tests for civil servants as well as adjustment of eligibility criteria for senior posts in the public sector, said a senior official. Deputy Premier and Deputy Head of the Civil Service More… |
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Bahrain firm to pay salary dues to 250More than 250 workers in Bahrain, who claimed they had not received their salaries for the past three months, are set to receive their dues, according to their employer. Our sister newspaper Gulf Daily News (GDN) reported on Friday that th More… |
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Council rejects plea for public sector pay risesShura Council members have agreed in principle to ignore demands for public sector pay rises in Bahrain, saying it would do more harm than good to the economy. They reached the decision while reviewing the national budget for this year and More… |
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Push for 25pc pay rise in Bahrain public sectorBahrain's parliament renewed their warning to the government to include demands for a 25 per cent pay rises for public sector employees. MPs said that they would block the national budget for this year and the next if their demand was More… |
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Bahrain workers claim unpaid wagesThe Indian Embassy has taken up the case of nearly 200 workers from a Bahrain contracting company who claim they have not been paid for four months. The men, all from India, say they now owe a cold store owner BD8,000 after being allowed t More… |
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Unpaid workers in Bahrain face starvationNearly 200 workers from a Bahrain contracting company claimed they had not been paid for four months. The Habib Ali Awachi employees, who gathered at their accommodation in Sanad to protest, said they no longer had enough money to eat and More… |
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Global oil sector wages to riseSalaries in the global oil and gas industry are to increase throughout 2011, according to a joint report from OilCareers.com, the international job board for the oil and gas industry, and its partner Air Energi. Focusing on employment and More… |
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$520 minimum wage for OmanisOman has raised minimum wages by 43 per cent for national workers in the private sector, the country's official news agency said, after consumer prices increased at their fastest pace in four months in December. The sultanate increased More… |
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Private sector salaries 'to rise 6.6pc in GCC'Private sector salaries are forecast to increase at an average rate of 6.6 per cent in the GCC states this year, according to a study. The research, released today by GulfTalent.com, a leading online recruitment firm in the Middle East, sa More… |
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Bahraini port workers launch pay protestBahraini port workers have launched a two-week protest after failing in a campaign for pay rises and better allowances. Staff at APM Terminals, the company that manages the Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP), started wearing red ribbons yester More… |
