Implementing a minimum wage policy will be very costly for Bahrain and will not have a direct impact on reducing the unemployment rate among low-skilled citizens, Labour Minister and Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) board chairman Jameel Humaidan has said.
Also, if Bahrain imposed a standard minimum wage for both Bahrainis and expatriates, then 80 per cent of the wage increase would only benefit expatriate workers, he said .
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