As part of our commitment to supporting the career progression of Bahrainis, we encourage enterprises to employ new talent with higher wages by fully supporting the difference between their new and previous wages.

This program paves the way for enterprises to get the talent they require and for qualified Bahrainis to advance and grow in their careers.  

For Enterprise:

• Enterprise holds an active Commercial Registration (CR) from MOIC or an active license from the relevant regulatory authority
• Enterprise must not have violations from Tamkeen, LMRA, or any other relevant government entity

For Employee:

• Employee must be a Bahraini national
• Employee must be registered in the SIO under the same company
• Employee’s salary must not exceed BHD 1,500
• Employee’s job transfer must be to a different company with no ties to the current one (For example: not a sister company or owned by the same person)
• Employee must have a minimum of 24 months experience
• Employee’s new wage must be at least 10% higher than their previous wage
• Employee must have joined the organization for no more than 6 months
• Minimum wage for full-time employees must be:
  • BHD 350 or more – for High School graduates
  • BHD 430 or more – for Diploma holders
  • BHD 500 or more – for Bachelor’s degree holders and above

For Doctors – additional criteria:

• The requested wage increment should increase the employee’s wage to BHD 800 or above

We will support 100% of the difference between the employee’s previous wage and their new wage in a new job for a period of 24 months up to the approved cap amount.

The maximum amount supported is BHD 300.