It Is Now Legal To Work In Open Places During Noon Time
The Public Authority for Manpower PAM announced yesterday that the ban on noontime work in open spaces during the summer heat had been lifted.
The ban was in effect from June 1 to August 31 from 11...
September 01, 2022137Category: Kuwait
Workers From The PAFN Present Their Protest
The General Authority for Food and Nutrition's workers' union planned a demonstration at the authority's offices in Sabah Al-Salem, demanding acceptance of allowances for good performance ...
September 01, 2022119Category: Kuwait
In June, Workers Will No Longer Work In Open Areas At Noon
In Kuwait, the Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) has implemented decision number 535/2015, which prohibits workers from working in open areas during the noon between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Inspecti...
May 25, 2022355Category: Kuwait
Worker-employer Disputes Resolved By PAM
The Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) reported, in a recent report on its efforts to resolve labor disputes between employers and employees, as well as disputes between domestic workers' sponsors...
April 16, 2022219Category: Kuwait
Thousands Of Expats Have Left The Local Market
According to the latest statistics from the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), the number of expatriates in the country has decreased from around 2,891,255 in 2018 to 2,520,301 in 2021, imply...
March 20, 2022665Category: Expats
Governor Says Workers' Cities Must Be Established Urgently
During a field tour of the Qibla area, the Governor of the Capital, Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled, issued a warning to a commercial property owner for breaking the law by building unlawful rooms, bathrooms, ...
March 07, 2022354Category: Kuwait
Renewing Files Of Companies Requires Workers' Insurance Coverage
The Public Authority for Manpower's Occupational Safety Center intends to compile a comprehensive list of enterprises that do not comply with the laws and regulations for providing insurance for l...
March 06, 2022378Category: Kuwait
Private oil sector workers call for rights
As reported by Al-Anba daily, Salem Al-Ajmi, head of the volunteering team for workers in the private oil sector, announced the team represents the workers in the absence of their union and board to r...
February 17, 2022250Category: Kuwait
168 thousand expats left the labor market in the first nine months of 2021
According to official statistics, over 168 thousand expatriates departed Kuwait's labor market in the first nine months of 2021, comprising 60,400 male and female domestic workers and 107,900 male...
February 08, 2022172Category: Kuwait
Talks On Hiring Indian Workers
The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) discussed on Thursday, with Indian Ambassador to Kuwait HE Sibi George and his accompanying delegation, ways of cooperation in the field of recruitment and empl...
February 03, 2022353Category: India
‘Convert Unused Leave To Money’
MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa has submitted a bill on amending Oil Sector Labor Law number 28/1969 by adding an article on allowing workers to convert their unused leave days into cash. The bill states that t...
January 27, 20221616Category: Kuwait
Germany Wants To Attract 400,000 Skilled Workers From Abroad Each Year
Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that risk undermining...
January 22, 2022775Category: International
201 Complaints Between Workers, Sponsors Rifts Solved Amicably
The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) announced it has received 278 complaints filed by domestic workers against their employers, reports Al-Qabas daily. The daily has learned PAM also helped solve ...
January 06, 2022331Category: Kuwait
Firm Ordered To Pay KD120,000 In Arrears To Workers
A Kuwaiti court has ordered a food company to pay nearly KD120,000 in overdue wages to its employees, a lawyer has said.
The labour circuit at the appeals court had issued the ruling in favour of m...
January 01, 20221673Category: Kuwait
Gifts For Jailed Overseas Filipino Workers
The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait in collaboration with LBC Express organized a gift-giving initiative to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) detained at the Central Jail, Sulaibiya on Dec 27. Total numbe...
December 31, 2021383Category: Filipinos
‘Municipality Workers Must Get Allowances’
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) affirmed that some employees of the Funeral Affairs Department in Kuwait Municipality are entitled to a risk and infection allowance, or an infection and contaminati...
December 30, 2021308Category: Kuwait
More Graveyard Workers Needed Under COVID-19 Pressure
Kuwait is feeling a need for more workers in the graveyards to cope with pressure resulting from the global COVID-19, a municipal official has disclosed.
Head of the Funeral Department at the Kuwai...
December 26, 2021519Category: Kuwait
Details Sought On Airport Workers Death
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim recently met the delegation of the chairpersons of scout associations in member-nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Chairman of Arab Parliament S...
November 18, 2021397Category: Crime News
The Manpower Begins Granting Permits To Bring In Food Security Workers
Against the background of the approval of the Supreme Ministerial Committee for Corona Emergencies in the Council of Ministers, to grant new work permits and commercial entry visas for all activities ...
October 13, 2021671Category: Kuwait