Order No. 1 of 2013 is part of several new regulations regarding migrant workers introduced by Bahrain in 2013 and deals with requirements of records held by employers regarding their expatriate workers.
Bahrain introduced several new regulations regarding migrant workers in 2013. Order No. 4 of 2013 amends provisions of Order No. 76 of 2008 with respect to regulating work permits of foreigners other than domestic workers.
Bahrain's Labour Law for the Private Sector secures rights for workers including migrant workers, especially non-national domestic workers.
Decree-Law No. 23, the Labour Law for the Private Sector, includes many provisions regarding migrant workers in the country's private sector. This legislation has since been amended by Legislative Decree No.14 of 1993.
Decree No. 24 provides a framework for social insurance for both nationals and non-nationals, states the employer is required to display in a prominent location at the workplace and an announcement about the entity responsible for treating his workers and the procedures that must be followed by the latter in cases of injury at work or outside it, and that a foreigner leaving the country permanently who has subscribed to the social insurance for more than three years shall be paid his dues that were paid to the General Authority to participate in the social insurance, his indemnity, and an annual interest rate of 5%.