“Bahrain’s Flexible Work Permit model adopted by UN”, 13 October 2017

The United Nations…cited Bahrain’s pioneering labour market reform, the Flexible Work Permit, as one of a number of international best-practices to form part of the draft Global Compact on Migration due to be adopted following the International Migration Conference in 2018…The Flexible Worker Permit enables expatriates who meet certain conditions to work and reside in the Kingdom of Bahrain without a sponsor, for a renewable two-year period. The [Labour Market Regulatory Authority’s] Chief Executive Officer…noted that the Flexible Worker Permit is the first of its kind in the GCC, offering employers greater flexibility to pay and source labour while creating significant new opportunities for the Kingdom’s private sector…