Bahrain has activated its unemployment insurance system to pay April salaries to more than 105,500 Bahraini workers, under an urgent law unanimously approved by the Shura Council.
The legislation – which has now been referred to His Majesty King Hamad for ratification following Parliament’s approval – introduces a temporary and exceptional clause allowing the use of unemployment insurance funds to settle the wages of insured Bahraini workers for April 2026 only, within the ceiling of each employee’s insured salary.
