MLSD Minister:: Opening communication channels to receive citizens' reports that they have not received the month of April's salary
23-04-2020
His Excellency Jameel bin Mohammad Ali Humaidan, Minister of Labour and Social Development, announced that the Ministry has opened communication channels with citizens working in private‑sector establishments and registered with the Social Insurance Organization (SIO), to report and register complaints in the event that their establishments have not disbursed their April salaries, as scheduled after the esteemed government pledged to pay citizens’ wages for the months of April, May and June 2020. He stressed that legal action will be taken against companies and institutions that fail to pay salaries to citizens. Concerned citizens can file a complaint about not receiving their salaries during the three‑month period in which the government is responsible for paying wages, by calling the following numbers: 17873919 – 17873918 – 17873913 during official working hours, or by sending the report via email to: insp@mlsd.gov.bh. In this context, Minister Humaidan urged employers whose citizens’ salaries have been transferred to commit to disbursing them on time each month. He pointed out that the goal of government support for the private sector is to contribute to limiting the repercussions of the current situation and mitigating the social and economic impacts of the global Coronavirus (COVID‑19) pandemic on the economic and commercial sectors. This includes ensuring that the basic rights of the national workforce are not compromised, ensuring their job stability, and enhancing the role of the private sector in supporting the national economy. His Excellency, the Minister of Labour and Social Development, pointed out that the esteemed government transferred the salaries of citizens working in the private sector to the accounts of employers on 16 April, in accordance with the records with the Social Insurance Organisation (SIO). He noted that these salaries will be paid from savings from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.