This program provides a full wage subsidy for the first three months of employment to support enterprises in hiring Bahraini jobseekers with no prior work experience.  

By offering financial support at the start of employment, the initiative aims to encourage employers to onboard first-time employees and provide Bahraini jobseekers with no prior work experience with opportunities to enter the labour market.  

Upon completion of the three-month program, and starting from the 4th month, the employee will be enrolled in the National Employment Program, and support will be subject to the program’s terms and conditions. 

For enterprises:     

• Enterprise must be classified as either a Small, Medium or Micro per the definition set by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce  
• Enterprise holds an active Commercial Registration (CR) from MOIC or an active license from the relevant regulatory authority  
• Enterprise must not have any violations from Tamkeen, LMRA, SIO or any other relevant government entity  
• Job vacancy must be listed with the Ministry of Labour, and enterprises may apply to the program after completing the required procedures through the Ministry

Additional Conditionality: Further assessment requirements may be applied to enterprises that do not meet the following retention benchmarks: 

• National Employment Program (NEP): The enterprise must retain at least 70% of employees enrolled in NEP over the full three years of program support
• Furas 2.0 Program: The enterprise must retain at least 60% of employees participating in the program, based on quarterly updated employment figures.

 For employees:    

• Employee must be a Bahraini national between 18 & 45 years old at the time of application
•  Employee must be registered as a full-time employee in the SIO under the same company  
• Employee must be a Ministry of labour nominated jobseeker with no prior work experience, as recorded in the SIO
• Individuals enrolled as jobseekers through the Jobs+ platform are eligible to apply, provided they receive the support through the enterprise they are officially matched with on the platform and have no prior work experience  
• Employees must have a minimum salary: BD 350 (High School or Below), BD 430 (Diploma), BD 500 (Bachelor or higher) ​ 
• Employee must be employed by the Enterprise for a maximum of six months at the time of application submission. 
• Employee must be employed on an open-ended contract 

We will support 100% of the employee’s monthly wage, capped at the minimum wage during the 3-month program.  

Upon completion of the three-month program, and starting from the 4th month, the employee will be enrolled in the National Employment Program, and support will be subject to the program’s terms and conditions between month 4 and 36 (for more details, click here).