A New Campaign Aims To Protect Juveniles By Pam

In cooperation with the Kuwait Human Rights Society and the Permanent Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Public Authority for Manpower has launched a campaign with the slogan "Towards a Safe and Balanced Childhood" to prevent the employment of minors, which is a violation of the provisions of Articles 19, 20, and 21 of Law 6/2010 regarding work in the private sector and the decisions regulating such employment,

Aseel Al-Mazyed, the Public Authority for Manpower's director of public relations and media, stated: "The provisions of the legislation ban the employment of persons under the age of 15 and those under the age of 18 save under extraordinary circumstances."

Al-Mazyed continued, "The hours allowed for juveniles who are permitted to work are about 6 hours per day, with the condition that they do not work for more than 4 consecutive hours, to be followed by a rest period of not less than an hour, and it is prohibited to work for additional hours or on days of rest and holidays, or from seven in the evening until six in the morning, and it is prohibited to work from seven in the evening until six in the morning." He emphasised that business owners will be punished However, it is necessary to get a work permit from the authority in accordance with the relevant rules in effect.

In cooperation with the Kuwait Human Rights Society and the Permanent Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Public Authority for Manpower has launched a campaign with the slogan "Towards a Safe and Balanced Childhood" to prevent the employment of minors, which is a violation of the provisions of Articles 19, 20, and 21 of Law 6/2010 regarding work in the private sector and the decisions regulating such employment,

Aseel Al-Mazyed, the Public Authority for Manpower's director of public relations and media, stated: "The provisions of the legislation ban the employment of persons under the age of 15 and those under the age of 18 save under extraordinary circumstances."

Al-Mazyed continued, "The hours allowed for juveniles who are permitted to work are about 6 hours per day, with the condition that they do not work for more than 4 consecutive hours, to be followed by a rest period of not less than an hour, and it is prohibited to work for additional hours or on days of rest and holidays, or from seven in the evening until six in the morning, and it is prohibited to work from seven in the evening until six in the morning." He emphasised that business owners will be punished However, it is necessary to get a work permit from the authority in accordance with the relevant rules in effect.

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