Philippines Seeking Justice For OFW Jullebee Ranara
Manila: Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople on Monday vowed justice for slain overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara as she condoles with the grieving family of the O...
January 23, 20233787Category: Filipinos
Domestic Workers Use Kuwait As A Transit Point To Dubai
Domestic labor affairs specialist Bassam Al-Shammari said a new phenomenon has emerged on the domestic labor market. He said Kuwaitis are finding their way to the United Arab Emirates, particularly Du...
December 03, 2022270Category: Kuwait
Kuwait Has 655,000 Domestic Workers
In Kuwait, about a quarter of expatriate workers are domestic workers, whose number is about 655,000 at the end of the second quarter of 2022. The number was 639,000 at the end of the second quarter o...
October 23, 2022102Category: Kuwait
Domestic Workers Must Play A Crucial Role In Correcting Demographics
As a result of the dissolution of the National Assembly on August 2, 2022, candidates started presenting electoral programs that included unrealistic goals, such as adjusting the demographic structure...
August 14, 2022199Category: Kuwait
Difficult To Recruit Skilled Workers
According to Khaled Al-Dakhnan, the Kuwaiti Federation of Owners of Domestic Labor Recruitment Offices, Kuwaiti offices have difficulty bringing skilled workers to Kuwait because of the Ministry of Co...
August 09, 2022441Category: Kuwait
Domestic Workers' Recruitment Fees Amended By The Ministry
Fahd Al-Shariaan, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Social Affairs and Community Development, issued a ministerial decision on Sunday setting a maximum fee for domestic labor recruitme...
August 07, 2022284Category: Kuwait
Hiring Offices of Domestic Workers Warned
According to Al-Jarida, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has warned domestic workers recruitment agencies to provide all services to citizens and residents entrusted to them, to avoid closing the...
July 26, 2022370Category: Kuwait
If There Is A Dispute, Allow The Transfer Of Domestic Workers
Reports Al-Anba daily, a researcher specializing in domestic labor affairs, Bassam Al-Shammari, has called on government agencies related to employment such as the Ministry of Interior and the Public ...
July 24, 2022539Category: Kuwait
Kuwait Launches An App For Domestic Workers
According to an official, Kuwait has permitted the issuing of residence cards or iqamas for domestic workers in the nation using an app for government services. The Interior Ministry has opened the se...
July 03, 2022770Category: Kuwait
Domestic Workers Increased During The First Three Months Of 2022
Kuwait had a rise in the overall number of workers on the labour market in the first three months of 2022. In all, 22,000 employees entered the nation in the first three months of this year, 88.9 perc...
June 28, 2022279Category: Kuwait
Domestic Workers Working As A Nurse At A Salmiya Clinic
They discovered a number of serious violations in some clinics in Hawally governorate, while the joint committee of PAM, Medicine Inspection Department, and Medical Licensing Department of the Ministr...
June 15, 20221649Category: Kuwait
King Fahd Causeway Travel Rules For Domestic Workers
Saudis and other Gulf nationals using the King Fahd Causeway between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain require foreign domestic workers to be in possession of the required documents, such as a valid iqamas and...
June 09, 2022992Category: Travel
Domestic Workers Scarcity
Khaled Al-Dakhnan, the head of the Kuwaiti Federation of Domestic Labor Office Owners, spoke of the sector's inability to compete with neighbouring countries in bringing in quality trained domesti...
June 07, 2022845Category: Kuwait
Indian Workers Claim They Were Tortured By Their Compatriots In Kuwait
When an unidentified Indian expatriate couldn't find a way to tell the Kuwaiti police that two of her male compatriots were holding her hostage and torturing her, she created a video clip from ins...
June 02, 2022248Category: Kuwait
A Disgruntled Domestic Workers Recruitment Agency Threatens To Close
Several domestic labour recruitment agencies have threatened to close their doors and give over their licences to the Ministry of Commerce within two weeks if the ministry continues to insist on fixin...
June 01, 2022147Category: Kuwait