Workers Allowed Conditional Transfers Between Businesses

The government remains committed to stopping the exploitation of poor workers and is determined to fight visa traders and others engaged in all forms of human trafficking. Those indulging in visa trading and other manipulations will be unearthed and referred to the Public Prosecution for stringent action, said the Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel.

Addressing a top-level meeting of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM), the minister said that while Kuwait will support all procedures aimed at guaranteeing the rights of workers and preserving their dignity, the government will also ensure that legitimate businesses can run their operations smoothly and without any interruption. She added that to help revive the economy, businesses, especially small and medium enterprises (SME) will now be able to renew, transfer and cancel work permits, and open their files without the requirement to submit a salary certificate.

Other measures designed to encourage SMEs to restart their businesses include allowing labor transfer transactions between SMEs with a maximum of three workers without the requirement of wage transfer certificate. However, these transactions will be conditional on an undertaking submitted by the business owner to fulfill the rights of workers registered with him, and is limited only to the end of this year.

Elaborating on the measures, PAM stated that another condition for the transfer was that the employee should have been working with the company for at least three years or provided his employer allows him to leave before the end of three years. Another stipulation before a new employee can be added to a company’s file is an assessment report that the new company employing the worker has no previous employee rights violations cases registered against them. 

In lieu of furnishing a salary certificate, owners hiring new employees will have to affirm that they will guarantee the rights of workers registered on their file and that in the event the information provided about their firm was found to be incorrect, then necessary legal measures would be taken against the company. 

Another undertaking that companies must submit is a wage statement for the month of March, and the following months upon request by PAM, and that in the event the declaration is not proven correct, then necessary legal measures will be taken against them. These declarations and pledges are considered a step to guarantee the rights of workers, while allowing companies to continue work without interruption towards restoring economic conditions in the country.

 

SOURCE : TIMES KUWAIT

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