60,000 Expats Over Age Of 60 Will Leave Kuwait In January

According to Aljarida that Only 4 months shall separate expatriates of 60 years and over who hold high school diplomas and below, and the equivalent certificates, from leaving the country permanently, following the issuance of the Director of the Public Authority for Manpower, Ahmed Al-Mousa, yesterday, Administrative Decision No. 520 of 2020, and the judge Banning the issuance of their work permits, as of early January 2021.

According to the sources of the “manpower”, this decision comes within a package of decisions that will be issued in succession during the next stage by the Supreme Committee to address the imbalance that afflicted the country’s demographics, with the aim of controlling and organizing the labor market, limiting marginal and loose employment, and preserving the specialized, technical and diploma holders. Undergraduate and above.

The sources indicated that the decision includes about 60 thousand residents in the country who have reached the age of 60, in addition to between 5 and 10 thousand residents annually, who do not hold university degrees, divided between completely illiterate or holders of primary, intermediate, diploma and general secondary certificates, adding that so far there are no Exceptions in implementing the decision, but she expected some categories to be excluded.

Work in the fourth stage

In another area, the Public Authority for Manpower announced yesterday a guide to the health requirements required within the workplace in the fourth phase, which begins tomorrow, stressing the need to adhere to wearing masks while they are at the workplace, washing hands and wiping surfaces regularly, and continuous sterilization and commitment to physical distancing in the workplace In full, not only in the offices, and the employee’s failure to attend in the event of confirmation of infection with the Coronavirus, and obligating him to bring a report of the examination result.

The authority called for the need to warn all employees not to mix outside working hours, not to sit and use others’ tools and offices. Regarding prayer, it stated that every employee must bring his own rug, that no one else use it, and commit to not smoking in the workplace.

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