Bahrain industries protest expat tax.Byline: Arab News MANAMA: Over 500 representatives from the commercial and industrial sectors protested yesterday a monthly labor fee levied by the Labor Market labor market A place where labor is exchanged for wages; an LM is defined by geography, education and technical expertise, occupation, licensure or certification requirements, and job experience Regulatory Authority Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities (LMRA LMRA Labor Management Relations Act LMRA Lockheed Martin Recreational Area (Fort Worth, Texas) LMRA Land Mobile Radio Architecture ) calling it an additional economic burden in times of global recession. The Bahrain Contractors Association (BCA BCA Business Case Analysis BCA Building Code of Australia BCA Boeing Commercial Airplanes BCA Board of Contract Appeals BCA Boston Center for the Arts BCA Billiard Congress of America BCA Bureau of Criminal Apprehension BCA Breast Cancer Action ) backed the protesters outside the LMRA headquarters in Sanabis where they announced a series of protests to press for a waiver of the monthly SR100 expatriate fee. A senior BCA official said the LMRA sent invoices to over 55,000 companies and collected an estimated BD120 million in the past few months. He said the construction sector was the worst hit because of the global recession and shortage of materials such as steel and cement. Public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most officials at the LMRA said senior officials met with the protesters and asked them to give hard facts rather than using the recession to back their cause. "If they give us concrete information of how much loss they have incurred we would submit the details to our board of directors. By levying the monthly fee on employment of foreign workers foreign workers Those who work in a foreign country without initially intending to settle there and without the benefits of citizenship in the host country. Some are recruited to supplement the workforce of a host country for a limited term or to provide skills on a , we are implementing a decision by the legislative authorities," an LMRA official said. The LMRA is a government body responsible for issuance of work visas, and regulating manpower licenses, recruiting agencies and business practices of self sponsored expatriates. Copyright: Arab News 2009 All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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