I can only speak from own experience: i live in bahrain, but am belgian. According to belgian law, it is illegal here for an employer to take my passport, since my passport is not my own property.
It is the property of the belgian government. So that would be stealing form them.
Off course, a lot of employers just seem to ignore that;
my employer also threathened once to take my passport, but i just spelt out my rights, and they came to senses.
What is stated in the labour law about that will depend from country to country I guess
Last edited by elisa4; 14th July 2007 at 12:49.