"5,196 workers change jobs under new law", 17 March 2017

As many as 5,196 workers successfully changed jobs after completing their employment contract or working five years of an open-ended contract, benefiting from the new law (No. 21 of 2015) regulating entry, exit and residency of expatriates which came into force on December 13 last year...a significant increase from 2,288 job transfers recorded last year before the law was implemented, according to data released by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs...The Ministry earlier clarified that a worker seeking a job change must submit a request to the ministry 30 days before the contract comes to an end, if it is a fixed–term contract. In case of an open-ended contract, the worker should stay not less than five years in service and the notice period would be 30 days if the duration of service is five years, and 60 days, if the duration of service is more than five years. The ministry data shows that 184,338 exit permits were issued for expatriates...since implementation of the new law. The Exit Permit Grievances Committee – the body established to settle exit disputes– received 761 complaints during the same period.