Living and working in Bahrain
When a Bahrain job ends, you are owed your leaving indemnity. If your employer ended it, a claim for termination compensation must be filed within 30 days (Art. 135).
Your time limits
- Final pay
- Straight away when the job ends. Within 7 days if you left of your own accord. (Art. 40)
- Time limits to claim
- 30 days for a termination compensation claim. 1 year for other claims. (Arts. 135 and 136)
- Unemployment pay
- Expats can claim too. Register within 30 days to be paid from day 8. (Unemployment insurance law, Art. 13)
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The key facts at work
- Leaving indemnity
- Half a month's pay a year for 3 years, then a month a year, with no cut for resigning. For expats, SIO pays the part for service from 1 March 2024. GCC nationals under the joint Gulf insurance rules are outside that. (Art. 116; Decision 109/2023)
Work out the exact figure with the Bahrain calculator on eosbcalculator.com.