The president of Civil Service Bureau (CSB), Mr. Ahmed Al Zayed explained that any scholarships, training courses, and field visits presented by foreign embassies and missions in Bahrain to employees subject to civil service law, should be through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bahraini Member of Parliament, and head of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee in the council, MP Abdulrahman Bu Ali, said he would not be surprised if he received the budget and saw a reduction in current benefits.

The Bahraini government backed down (Monday January 23, 2017) from its decision to halt annual allowances for government and public sector employees.

Bahrain’s government decided to stop spending all kinds of annual allowances for all government employees affiliated to the Civil Service Bureau and government institution that manage their employees' affairs based on special regulations.

The Bahrain Observatory for Human Rights called on the Bahraini government to commit to the tripartite agreement signed between the government, employers and the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions that stipulates reinstating all employees dismissed over the 2011 events.

Bahrain’s cabinet announced that social media accounts of state employees working in the government only reflect their own personal views and do not, in any way, reflect the governmental bodies they work for.

Sources revealed that a number of Bahraini pro-government local newspapers dismissed a number of journalists and employees within the past few days, while reviewing the contracts of others amid the financial crisis Bahrain is facing.