Bahrain / IPO PEOPLE & ORGANISATION
Twelve connected themes and 60 implementation assets, researched for Bahrain. Establish the route, strengthen the controls and build evidence that appointed advisers and accountable decision makers can examine.
BAHRAIN · SELF-ASSESSMENT
Assess 96 controls across Bahrain’s twelve themes, from route and governance to workforce, payroll, privacy, ESG and investor relations. Define your actual scope, review material issues, then download a branded results report and priorities linked to Bahrain’s implementation tools.
BUILT FOR BAHRAIN
Public ownership requires clear accountability, capable leaders, reliable employment and payroll controls, protected information and repeatable reporting. HR Delivery coordinates the people workstream alongside your appointed listing, legal, financial and other advisers. Listing rules and employment regimes must be mapped separately.
THE IMPLEMENTATION LIBRARY
60 assets
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PROGRAMME FOUNDATIONS
Understand the Bahraini routes, twelve themes, key source distinctions and a practical people-readiness delivery method.
37 pages · English PDFAssess 96 original advisory controls with scoped evidence, feedback, material gates and practical action planning.
79 pages · English PDFA fully labelled 600 employee teaching case with all 96 ratings disclosed and explicit operating limitations.
32 pages · English PDFReproduce the original evidence scale, incomplete-data treatment, equal-theme index and independent material-gate decisions.
36 pages · English PDFExplore 60 implementation assets, their six working tools and practical responsibilities and decisions.
78 pages · English PDFTransfer a working programme with observed practice, source monitoring, accountable ownership and explicit open conditions.
33 pages · English PDFOFFICIAL SOURCES / REVIEWED 19 OCTOBER 2026
These are original HR Delivery research summaries and implementation tools, not rebranded reproductions of legislation. The source register distinguishes reviewed provisions from official locators requiring further confirmation. Check amendments, effective dates, authoritative language and issuer-specific directions before live decisions. The PDF editions are in English; both website interfaces are available.
102-page 2024 edition; board approval 30 September 2024, announced 13 November 2024 Rules 2.25-26; 3.6-14; 3.21; 3.24; 4.19-22; 5.5(11)-(17); 5.17-25; 6.9; 7.2-8 VERIFIED OFFICIAL WEB-EXTRACTED PDF; original download returned HTTP 403; archived extract is partial
Open official source24-page version 3, board decision 4/1/2024 on 7 March 2024 Rules 3.2-5; 3.18-24; 3.25-31; 4.2-4; 4.8; 4.11; distinguish optional sponsor and closed-company route VERIFIED OFFICIAL WEB-EXTRACTED PDF; original download returned HTTP 403; archived extract is partial
Open official sourceBase 2018 Arabic enactment; read with 91/2022 amendment Decision Article 2; general provisions, scope and comply-or-explain; Principles 1-6 and 8; Appendices 1-4 VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT; amended provisions separately reconciled
Open official sourceIssued 19 September 2022; Gazette 3630 published 22 September 2022; effective the following day Amended retention; Principle 1 board composition and women’s representation; Principle 2 conflicts; Principle 3 audit; Principle 4 candidate information; gender disclosure VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceOfficial consolidation retrieved 19 October 2026; spot-check confirms 38/2025 changes concerning actual managers and single-person closed companies are included Articles 18 bis, 23 bis, 174, 185-189, 204, 216 bis, 226 and 357; read the actual corporate form and constitution VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC CONSOLIDATION; targeted amendment reconciliation, not certification of every provision
Open official sourceArabic consolidated text retrieved 19 October 2026; amendment index lists 31/2014, 37/2015, 59/2018 and 16/2021. Articles 2 and 2 bis, 4-7, 19-22, 39-47, 51-76, 99-119 and 165-175; read with the separately archived amendments. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official source2018 law; implementing measures separately cited Articles 2-5: scope, principles, lawful bases and sensitive data; Articles 8-10: security, confidentiality and guardians; Articles 12-15: transfers, notification and permission; Articles 17-24: rights and consent. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceIssued 8 September 2025; Gazette 3832, 11 September 2025; effective 12 September 2025 Articles 1-2 amend 18 bis actual-manager liability, 23 bis electronic participation, 204 electronic voting, 226 single-person closed-company option subject to conditions, and 357 inspection; Article 5 commencement VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceDated January 2021 official module; live consolidation not retrievable at cut-off OFS 2.6 employee share schemes; 5.2 prospectus responsibility; current rule and approval confirmation required before scheme adoption DATED OFFICIAL SNAPSHOT / CURRENT CONSOLIDATION ACCESS LIMIT
Open official sourceDated official January 2014 appendix; current application must be confirmed with appointed offering advisers Board, management, remuneration, share ownership and employee disclosures; do not treat the dated appendix as 2026 certification DATED OFFICIAL APPENDIX / CURRENT CONSOLIDATION ACCESS LIMIT
Open official sourceLive official route overview checked 19 October 2026 Mainboard and BIM are separate routes; the overview does not replace the rulebook and corporate law VERIFIED LIVE OFFICIAL OVERVIEW
Open official sourceOfficial 12 July 2026 launch announcement; compliance deadline 31 March 2028 Mainboard IR webpage; market capitalisation of BHD 100 million or above requires a designated IRO and an annual earnings call within 10 working days after publication of annual financial results; use the final guidelines for exact scope OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT VERIFIED; final guideline PDF not recovered; April 2026 proposed PDF excluded
Open official sourceIssued 5 October 2026; Gazette 3909 published 8 October 2026; effective 9 October 2026. Articles 1-2 introduce Article 19 bis and a Cabinet-determined minimum contribution wage basis for the defined new-eligibility population. Article 3 addresses overseas and non-covered-employer options. No numerical Cabinet floor was verified; obtain the actual implementing determination. VERIFIED FULL TEXT; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION DETAIL UNRESOLVED
Open official sourceIssued 11 July 2019. Articles 1-3: employer wage-protection duties, payment through CBB-licensed means and reporting of identity, amounts, dates and accounts. Article 5 addresses phased application. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official source2022 enactment Articles 2-8: privacy by design, DPIA triggers, the 72-hour breach notification decision, investigations, processors, joint controllers and training. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceIssued 28 September 2020; read with later 38/2025 amendments and the current consolidation Amended Article 188 director remuneration; added Article 174 candidate disclosures and Article 216 bis employee share plans; Article 128 priority exceptions VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT; not standalone current consolidation
Open official sourcePublished 5 August 2021; effective the following day. Adds equal pay for work of equal value to Article 39 and repeals Articles 30 and 31. The older official English file still contains superseded wording. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official sourceOfficial January 2018 module indexed text; trust paragraph amended in 2017; current consolidation not retrievable OFS 2.6.7 trustee and CBB prior approval; 2.6.12 shareholder approval for participant-beneficial changes; 2.6.13 prior CBB approval of the plan, renewal or amendment; historical 31 March 2018 deadline is not a fresh waiver DATED OFFICIAL TEXT VERIFIED VIA WEB INDEX; FINAL CURRENT SCHEME RULES MUST BE CONFIRMED
Open official sourcePublished 29 November 2018. Amends Articles 2(b), 40(b), 46 and 185; adds Article 2 bis on discrimination and Article 192 bis on sexual harassment. Article 46 requires the prescribed wage-payment mechanism. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official sourceBase enactment text; operational duties cross-checked against the official LMRA service catalogue. Article 23: expatriate permission, employer duties and prohibition on charging permit-related costs. Confirm later decisions and actual permit-category conditions separately. VERIFIED BASE TEXT WITH OPERATIONAL CROSS-CHECK
Open official sourceLive official service page retrieved 19 October 2026. Valid permission; matching employer, premises, activity and occupation; no permit fees charged to workers; accurate records; wage-protection evidence; safe work; required authority notifications. VERIFIED LIVE OFFICIAL PAGE
Open official sourcePublished 31 December 2015. Amended Article 110 requires Ministry notice at least thirty days before employee notice for the specified closure, reduction or production changes. Partial closure also requires the Bahraini competence/experience protection and separate compensation analysis. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official sourceIssued 12 December 2023; operative from 1 March 2024. Articles 1-3 define wage, scope and exclusions. Article 5 requires employer-only funding at 4.2% for the first three actual service years and 8.4% thereafter. Articles 6-10 address continuity, benefit and final-wage differences. Articles 13-14 preserve prior-service bands and pre-March-2024 employer liability. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official sourceIssued 2 April 2026; Gazette 3872; replaces the 2013 rule. Articles 1-2 restrict direct-sun outdoor work from noon to 4 pm, 15 June-31 August, and require posted hours. Article 3 specifies exceptions and notification or approval conditions. Article 4 adds heat protections; Article 6 repeals Resolution 3/2013. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official sourceConsolidated download checked 19 October 2026, supplemented by the 2022 and 2026 amendments. Articles 19-31: contribution basis, timing and arrears; Article 33: old-age branch; Article 47: employment injury; Articles 99-104: registration and returns. Confirm the actual branch schedule and 2026 entrant treatment. VERIFIED CONSOLIDATED DOWNLOAD WITH SEPARATE 2026 AMENDMENTS
Open official sourceLive official service page retrieved 19 October 2026. Minimum Bahraini employment depends on the approved establishment activities. Retain the actual CR/activity calculation and current LMRA outcome. VERIFIED LIVE OFFICIAL PAGE
Open official sourceOfficial indexed 2024 activity table; direct retrieval returned HTTP 403. The activity-coded table uses size bands and different target rates. Obtain the current entity-specific LMRA determination; do not apply a universal percentage. INDEXED PRIMARY SOURCE ONLY - NOT ARCHIVED; NO CURRENT-RATE CERTIFICATION
Open official sourceOfficial announcement of 6 October 2022; confirm actual current permission status. The registered-worker route is not blanket work permission. Visit-visa holders are excluded from that route and professional-licence conditions remain relevant. Retain the actual current permit and authorised activity scope. VERIFIED OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - LIVE PERMIT CHECK REQUIRED
Open official sourceIssued 25 March 2021. Article 1: establishments with 500 or more workers from 1 May 2021; 50-499 from 1 September 2021; 1-49 from 1 January 2022. The historical six-month registration period is not a new 2026 waiver. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official source21 October 2025; full-scale integration envisaged for the first quarter of 2026. Approved banks and institutions, traceable electronic wage payments, system integration and employer training. The announcement alone does not prove an employer completed onboarding. VERIFIED OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Open official sourcePublished 18 April 2022. Article 1 replaces Article 33 with target pension shares of 17% employer and 7% worker. Article 4 phases the employer share from 11% by one percentage point annually; the worker share moves from 6% to 7%. The pension target is not the current total payroll rate. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official sourceGazette 3865, 12 March 2026, pages 4-7; Bahrain enactment effective 13 March 2026. Annex Article 1 amends unified Articles 5, 6(3), 9, 11(2), 13 and 15; Article 2 adds Articles 9 bis and 19 bis. Unemployment and home/host notification duties are included; host injury duties remain distinct. Annex pages 6-7 were visually inspected. Confirm national implementation. VERIFIED GAZETTE AND VISUALLY READ ANNEX
Open official sourceBase enactment; use the current consolidation and actual SIO assessment for implementation. Articles 2 and 6 address scope and the separate unemployment-insurance branch. Do not apply a single total contribution rate across all nationalities and coverage categories. VERIFIED BASE TEXT - CURRENT ASSESSMENT CONFIRMATION REQUIRED
Open official sourcePublished 21 May 2026; effective the following day. Changes pension commutation to once every two years, subject to ministerial conditions. This amendment does not change the payroll contribution rate. VERIFIED FULL TEXT
Open official source2022 enactment and adequacy annex Articles 2-5: adequate destinations, applications, group rules and contractual safeguards. Check the annex against the actual destination. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official source2022 enactment Articles 2-4 and 6-7; distinguish Law Article 14 notification exemptions from Article 15 permission requirements, including video and automated biometric identification. Silence does not amount to consent. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official source2022 enactment Consent to sensitive-data processing or an exception under Law Article 5; purpose, security and retention restrictions. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official source2022 enactment; current mandatory-category decisions must also be confirmed Articles 2-4: appointment, notification within three business days and registration; Article 13: independence and confidentiality; Article 14: annual registration and renewal. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official source2022 base order, amended by Order 80/2025 Articles 3-7: automated decisions, explicit consent where required, withdrawal and objections. Read together with the new Article 3 bis. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceIssued 30 September 2025; published in Gazette 3836 on 2 October 2025; effective the following day. Gazette page 12: adds Article 3 bis to Order 48/2022, concerning structured, machine-readable personal data and transfer to another controller where necessary and technically possible. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceOfficial statutory text retrieved 19 October 2026 Articles 98-105: inside-information definitions, prohibitions and defences; Article 100: restrictions on trading, inducement and disclosure. VERIFIED FULL OFFICIAL ARABIC TEXT
Open official sourceOfficial live indexed chapter; November 2010 base and April 2021 trading annotation observed MAM 2.1-2.3: prohibitions; 2.14: trading restrictions; 2.15.3-2.15.9: annual supervision, immediate violation reporting, annual register verification before the AGM, results within ten days after the AGM, guidelines and the register officer. VERIFIED OFFICIAL SEARCH-INDEX EXTRACT / DIRECT HTTP 403
Open official source13 November 2024 official release Current and future Mainboard listings; CBB Common Volume ESG incorporated. Final Listing Rules 5.21-5.22 establish the reporting duty and timing. VERIFIED OFFICIAL WEB RELEASE
Open official sourceJanuary 2024 named official module ESG-A scope, reporting requirements and metrics annex; exact final clauses must be confirmed before operational use. OFFICIAL LOCATOR / FULL CURRENT FILE ACCESS LIMIT
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