All experts of Expat - blog.Please guide.Indemnity & resignation issue

Hi Deepak and welcome to the forum,

Article 116 of the Labor law says :
"Workers who are not governed by the Social Insurance Law shall be entitled, on the termination of their contracts of employment, to a leaving indemnity equivalent to the wage of half a month for each year of service for the first three years, and the wage of one month for each year thereafter. The worker shall be entitled to a leaving indemnity for the portion of the year pro rata the period of service he has spent with the employer."

If I read the last sentence literally, I would say you are entitled to the pro rata no matter how many month you worked.
Nevertheless, most of the employers are reading it with "after your completed your first year" in mind.

At the end of the day, better wait for a full year because if you don't complete a year and they don't want to pay you the pro rata, you won't file a case against them that will cost you more than it would get and would force you to stay in Bahrain.

For the recruitment expenses, it's vague so they can put many many things in there such as :

- Recruitment agency expenses
- Travelling ticket
- Accommodation
- Visa
- etc...

Not knowing the organisation of recruitment in your company, I can't give you any numbers of course as it may vary a lot depending on what they include.

By the way, your profile say your in India... Are you in Bahrain already or planning on joining an employer to leave after one year for another ?
If so, also keep in mind that visa mobility from an employer to another isn't allowed before completing one year. Furthermore, even after that, you will need the NOC (Non opposition certificate) from your first employer to apply for mobility.

Cheers

Olivier

Thanks Olivier..

I am in Bahrain for the last 1 year....May be I have forgot to change my profile country....

I take your advice and would resign only after April 2013...That is by 1st week of May..That way I will be legally completing one year...

Thanks for your advice...

Deepak