The sponsorship system continues in Bahrain, but a worker doesn't need a NOC to change sponsors...
The aim of what they did is promote:
1- Reducing % of expats.
2- Keeping only SKILLED expats.
3- Promoting the employment of Bahraini nationals by making expats EXPENSIVE.
4- Controlling the nationalities and makeup of the expat population from the Bahraini government, not the employers.
5- More fees!
The sponsorship system continues in Bahrain, but a worker doesn't need a NOC to change sponsors...
The aim of what they did is promote:
1- Reducing % of expats.
2- Keeping only SKILLED expats.
3- Promoting the employment of Bahraini nationals by making expats EXPENSIVE.
4- Controlling the nationalities and makeup of the expat population from the Bahraini government, not the employers.
5- More fees!
Not abolished, but they "virtually break" the sponsorship system.
http://blog.lmra.bh/en/archives/645
http://blog.lmra.bh/ar/archives/2259
(Their Arabic text is VERY different from what they say in English)
Interesting, could be implemented here, but it's still a sponsorship system!