Wages
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30 Females Sentenced To One Year In Jail For Illegal Wages18 May 2016Kuwait’s lower court on Tuesday sentenced 30 female nationals to one year in jail for illegally taking wages from a government programme that aimed to encourage citizens to t...26 Domestic Visa Holders Arrested For Violating Residency Law26 May 2017Some 26 domestic visa holders from different nationalities were arrested by officers from the Residency Affairs Department for violating residency law and engaging in immoral activ...Pam Affirmed That The Authority Will Follow Up Workers In Demand For Their Rights09 July 2017Deputy Director General of Public Authority for Manpower Abdullah Al-Mutawtah affirmed that the authority will follow up workers who protest in demand for their rights, and will en...Officers Raided Two Bogus Domestic Recruitment Agencies30 August 2017Officers from the Residency Affairs Department raided two bogus domestic recruitment agencies that provided shelter and jobs for runaway housemaids in violation of law. They arrest...Two Individuals Arrested For Cheating Several Citizens And Expatriates17 October 2017Security operatives apprehended two individuals for cheating several citizens and expatriates after signing contracts to provide them domestic workers, reports Al-Seyassah daily. A...Dept Of Moe Has Refuted Rumors That Spread Among Expat Teachers05 April 2018Director of Human Resources Department in the Ministry of Education Saoud Al-Jowaiser has refuted rumors that spread among expatriate teachers about bargaining with those whose ser...Finance Committee Nod To Apply Tax On Expat Remittances11 April 2018Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Subaih said the report of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly which has given the nod to apply tax on expat remittances wi...Kuwait Vows To Keep Wages, Subsidy Intact20 August 2020Minister of Finance Barrak Al-Sheetan reassured on Wednesday that civil servants’ pay and public subsidy would remain “untouched”. “The government would ens...Local Inflation Jumps 8.2% Over The Last Five Years; Wages Don't Keep Pace21 April 2022With inflation in Kuwait on the rise since 2017, and particularly in the last two years, the subject of whether compensation increases have kept pace with inflation is one worth co...