Employers will pay BD200 (Rs 20,000) biennially for each worker to cover his or her new or renewed work permit, residence permit, return visa, medical check-up and identity card. Another BD10 will be paid monthly for each worker to the Bahrain's Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Gulf News said in a report.
The LMRA will also levy a BD90 fee every two years on each family member of the worker as part of the scheme announced by the government on Thursday.
Small businesses have complained that the scheme would more than double the cost of recruiting labourers and would jeopardise their operations.
Under the existing fee structure, hiring an expatriate worker costs BD172. Starting July 1, employers will have to pay BD440 for each expatriate worker, the daily said.
