Joint efforts will help Bahrain tide over COVID-19 crisis

TDT | Manama

Bolstering Bahraini job market amid coronavirus pandemic crisis requires all hand on the deck. The Kingdom now needs all the help it could gather to overcome the COVID-10 crisis and to further boost the job market here, said Labour minister. He added: All three production parties — the state, employers and workers — should come together, more than ever, to tide over the economic crisis.

The minister was meeting Bahrain Free Labour Unions Federation (Al-Hurr) executive council chairman, Yaqoob Yousif Mohammed. Enhanced cooperation will contribute to “maintaining the professional stability of the national workforce at the labour market, and ensure the sustainability of production at the private sector institutions,” said Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, the Labour and Social Development Minister.

The minister also described the labour market here as resilient citing the job opportunities it continues to generate notwithstanding the outbreak. “Lay-offs are still limited”, the minister told Mohammed, while pointing out that the situation could be further enhanced with greater cooperation.

The Minister and the AlHurr Chairman agreed on the need to continue mobilising further efforts to support and ensure the stability of Bahraini workers. Yaqoob hailing the effectiveness of the government’s stimulus package gave thumps up to Labour ministry’s policy to address challenges of the labour market through dialogue. The minister lauded AlHurr’s role in supporting the national workforce.