Efforts To Open New Markets For Bringing In Domestic Workers

The Director of the Department for Regulating the Recruitment of Domestic Workers at the Public Authority for Manpower, Nasser Al-Mousawi, revealed the efforts made by the Authority, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to open new markets and conclude memoranda of understanding with some countries, to bring in domestic workers, including the Republic of Ethiopia.

Al-Mousawi said, in an interview with “Al-Rai”, that “there is coordination between the authorities related to the recruitment of labor, in light of the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and accordingly the controls related to recruitment will be determined in light of the health procedures and measures the state deems necessary, after conducting the necessary assessment of health conditions In the countries from which workers will be brought in.

He pointed out that the relationship between the worker and the employer is governed by the work contract drawn up between them, and if one of the parties breaches this contract, the other party can claim compensation for the rest of the period. Travel ticket ».

 

SOURCE: ALRAIMEDIA

Al-Mousawi stressed that the administration is working to confront violators of the provisions of the Domestic Workers Law, using the measures and powers that the law guarantees to the authority in this regard, calling for the authority to be informed of any violations of this kind, especially as some of them are related to crimes related to trafficking in persons, and related to the obligations of the State of Kuwait before society. International, and the international agreements that have been ratified in this field.

The following is the transcript of the meeting:

• When will the recruitment of domestic workers resume? Is there a plan and coordination between the authority and the relevant authorities and the return of permits?

It is known that all work permits have been suspended from issuance, in light of the instructions of the Council of Ministers due to the current conditions facing the country in the matter of combating the emerging “Corona” virus (Covid 19), and we note that the Public Authority for Manpower is in coordination with the Ministries of Health and Interior in Concerning common issues, including what is related to the recruitment of workers in general, in light of the mandates of the Council of Ministers in this regard.

• If domestic workers are allowed to be brought in, are there countries that will be excluded from recruitment?

We previously indicated that there is coordination between the relevant bodies related to the recruitment of workers in light of the decisions of the Council of Ministers, and certainly the controls related to recruitment will be determined in light of what the state sees in terms of health procedures and measures after conducting the necessary assessment of the health conditions in the countries from which workers will be recruited, and on this basis The controls related to this matter will be announced in due course, God willing.

• There is a domestic worker stuck in her country. Is it possible for her to return directly to Kuwait without stopping in one of the countries not covered by the ban for a period of two weeks?

The authority is in continuous coordination with the competent authorities in the Ministry of Interior and Health regarding the mechanism for returning stranded domestic workers, through procedures that are being prepared in the current period, including procedures related to how to quarantine and take measures to examine the virus, and measures to confront it if it is discovered, and finally Coordination with the Ministry of Interior regarding residency procedures.

• What is the authority’s role in fighting the black market for day-to-day domestic workers, especially before the Corona pandemic and stopping recruitment?

The authority works through the Department for Regulating the Recruitment of Domestic Workers to confront violators of the provisions of the Domestic Workers Law, using the measures and powers that the law guarantees to the Commission in this regard.

When any report is received or any inspection is conducted by the employees of the concerned department, violations are detected and recorded, and coordination is made with the Ministry of Interior to complete the procedures to verify the reported facts, or those that have been revealed through inspection, where all legal measures are taken. What is applicable in this regard, including the power it contains to issue suspension decisions towards violating domestic labor recruitment offices.

We do not fail to indicate that the Commission is fully prepared to receive reports regarding the commission of violations related to this matter, and we take the opportunity to call on everyone who detects violations of this kind, to quickly inform the Commission so that it takes measures regarding such illegal phenomena, especially since some of them are related to crimes It relates to trafficking in persons, and it relates to the obligations of the State of Kuwait before the international community, and the international agreements that have been ratified in this field.

• In the event of the escape of domestic workers and the registration of a report to leave a job, is there a procedure for the employer not to bear the sums of expatriation of the workers later?

Article 51 of Law No. 68 of 2015 in the matter of domestic workers stipulated that when a domestic worker leaves work to an unknown destination, the Ministry of Interior will deport him, after the travel expenses, departure tickets and the amount paid by the shelter employer or the recruitment office, if it is not possible to reach The home side, during the guarantee period.

It should be noted that the relationship between the worker and the employer is governed by the work contract drawn up between them, and if one of the parties breaches this contract, the other party can claim compensation for the rest of the period, and in the case of leaving work without reasons that allow the worker to terminate the contract, the employer in this case does not bear the value Travel ticket, noting that the employer has the right to file a complaint in the event that the worker leaves work during the validity of the contract to demand that he not bear the value of the travel ticket, and he also has the right to claim compensation for the losses he incurred in bringing the domestic worker, and the role of the Domestic Worker Recruitment Administration is to file complaints to the court Competent to decide.

• Is there a plan to expand and make room for bringing in domestic workers from several markets, such as Nepal and Indonesia, and not restrict the matter to one or two countries only?

There are efforts being made between the Public Authority for Manpower and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the matter of concluding memoranda of understanding with some countries to recruit domestic workers from them, we mention, for example: the Republic of Ethiopia, within the framework of the authority’s direction to expand the recruitment of domestic workers from several countries in order to avoid Due to the occurrence of crises in this area, as happened in a previous period.

• How many complaints were received by the department during the current year?

The number of complaints received by the Department is as follows: From a worker against an employer 342 complaints, and from an employer against an office of 1135 complaints.

What are the administration’s future plans for regulating the status of domestic workers inside the country, especially regarding contracts?

As we have indicated, we seek to open new markets for the recruitment of domestic workers, and we are keen to review the articles of Law 68/2015 regarding domestic workers and its executive regulations, and we are in the process of introducing some amendments to the articles contained therein, and the authority also seeks to expand the addition of some procedures and their empowerment, To facilitate transactions that take place in the matter of domestic workers, as well as expand the provision of headquarters for the authority in all governorates, to facilitate procedures for completing transactions.

Excluding the recruitment of workers from the plan to address the composition

in response to a question about the demographics, and the possibility of domestic workers being subject to the government’s plan and popular demands to address the defect in the demographic composition. Moussawi said that there are many proposals for laws submitted by a number of parliament members during the past period, in the matter of addressing Demographics, and the commission participates in discussing and expressing opinion on it, the last of those proposals was the draft law for organizing the demographics, and even then the recruitment of domestic workers was excluded from the plan to address the demographics, but this matter – as we explained – is still under discussion and discussion.

 

SOURCE: ALRAIMEDIA

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