HM the King approves salaries law

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa approved yesterday the law to pay the salaries of Bahrainis in the private sector for three months from April to June. It was announced that His Majesty the King ratified and issued law 8 of 2020, adding provision (3) to paragraph (C) of clause (8) of decree (78) of 2004 on Insurance Against Unemployment.

The amended law stipulates the below.

Article One – the new provision shall read: Pay the wages of Bahraini workers insured under the Social Insurance Law promulgated by Decree Law No. (24) for the year 1976 for a period of three months, starting in the month of April 2020, and for a maximum of the insured wage accordingly, subject to paragraph (e) of this article.

Article 2 – The Premier and ministers, each in his own jurisdiction, shall implement the provisions of this law, which shall come into force from the day following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.