| Bahrain's labour market reforms are the responsibility of the LMRA, which coordinates it through different organizations. Additionally, the LMRA is also responsible for market intelligence, policy development, customer interface and fee collection as well as providing information and communication to the stakeholders. |
| TCS has developed and continues to support and enhance IT systems for the LMRA to enable it to offer transparent e-services to its customers. TCS has set up complex data integration and a composite mainframe system as well as software and application implementation which includes an Expat Management System (EMS) that automates the administrative processes managing the complete lifecycle of an expat from the entry to the exit. |
| It has also set up a data warehouse project for market intelligence (MI) that supports collection and archival of labour market related data, analysis to support policy development and decisions for internal regulation of the labour market as well as a fee management system (FMS) for the services offered by LMRA. TCS is also working on developing a policy enforcement system for compliance monitoring and enforcement. |
| An application developed by TCS exclusively for the recent amnesty program has been playing a vital role in capturing data and helping legalize the ex-patriot visa structure. |
| "TCS has helped LMRA transform the labour market in Bahrain through this flagship engagement in the Middle East. We have helped LMRA and its customers experience certainty by leveraging superior capabilities in system integration using cutting-edge technologies," said Manoj Sahai, head of TCS in Middle East. |
| Commenting on the partnership, CEO of LMRA, Ali Ahmed Radhi said, "It is the LMRA's vision and objective to streamline and simplify the process of obtaining work visas. This requires a highly automated solution and this project would not have been possible with out the strong technology support and systems rendered by the TCS." "We are proud to have TCS as a partner. We appreciate this support and partnership and we look forward to more joint projects," he added. |
| About Bahrain Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA): |
| The government of Kingdom of Bahrain has established a new organization called Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), in pursuit of restructuring its labour market through strategic reforms. Labour Market Reform (LMR) is a program aiming to transform the existing labour market into a more dynamic, open, and competitive market that will provide a level playing field for Bahrainis to become the "employees of choice" and to make the private sector the "engine of economic growth and prosperity". |
| About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) |
| Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. |
| A part of the Tata Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 94,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in 47 countries. The Company generated consolidated revenues of US $4.3 billion for fiscal year ended 31 March, 2007 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com. |
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