Domestic Workers Law
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- Article 1In this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings indicated opposite each: 1 - Domestic worker: Every male or female assigned manual work inside…
- Article 3The recruitment of domestic workers without a valid licence issued by the Ministry of Interior is prohibited. Part Three Obligations of the Parties to the Contract…
- Article 4The licensee, those working for him, and those cooperating with him inside and outside Kuwait are prohibited from receiving any sums from a domestic worker or a person…
- Article 5Offices are prohibited from advertising and promoting workers and classifying them on the basis of creed, sex, colour or cost, and from advertising them in a manner…
- Article 6All domestic worker recruitment offices shall attend the Domestic Labour Department whenever requested to do so by summons letters issued by that Department. Chapter Two…
- Article 7The employer shall pay the agreed wage to the domestic worker working for the employer at the end of each month. The transfer receipt and the receipt acknowledging…
- Article 8Payment of the domestic worker’s monthly wage shall commence from the actual date on which the worker takes up work with the employer, and under no circumstances may any…
- Article 9The employer shall provide the domestic worker with food and clothing and bear the expenses of his treatment, nursing care and accommodation.
- Article 10A domestic worker may not be assigned any hazardous work that would affect his health or degrade his human dignity. The Domestic Labour Department shall have competence…
- Article 11The employer shall provide the domestic worker with suitable accommodation affording decent living conditions.
- Article 12An employer is prohibited from retaining any papers or identity documents of the domestic worker in his employ, such as a passport or civil identity card, except with…
- Article 13The domestic worker shall perform the work assigned to him in accordance with the obligations imposed upon him by the provisions of the contract.
- Article 14During his work, the domestic worker shall comply with the employer's instructions and directions within the limits of the terms of the contract.
- Article 15The domestic worker shall safeguard the employer's funds and property and shall not disclose the employer's secrets. Part Four Employment and Recruitment Contracts…
- Article 16Upon expiry of the contract concluded between the domestic worker and the employer, the employer shall pay the domestic worker all his entitlements established in the…
- Article 17Obligations of the Office Owner The recruitment office shall guarantee the domestic worker's continuity in work for a period of six months, during which it shall return…
- Article 18Employers may not engage domestic workers to work for them except pursuant to recruitment contracts (bilateral or tripartite, as the case may be) issued by the Domestic…
- Article 19Wage means the basic wage received by the domestic worker and specified in the employment contract between the two parties, provided that it is not less than the minimum…
- Article 20The employer shall pay the wage agreed upon in the contract at the end of each month. Chapter Three
- Article 21The recruitment or employment of domestic workers of either sex who are under (21) years of age or over (60) Gregorian years of age is prohibited. The competent Minister…
- Article 22Recruitment contracts prepared by the Domestic Labour Department must include the following rights of domestic workers: 1 - Requiring the employer to provide food,…
- Article 23An end-of-service gratuity shall be allocated to the domestic worker after completion of the contract term, equivalent to one month's wage for each year. Part Seven…
- Article 24Without prejudice to the provision of Article 25 of this Law, the Director of the Domestic Labour Department may take administrative measures against the domestic labour…
- Article 25The licence to recruit domestic workers shall be revoked in any of the following cases: 1 - If the licensee ceases to satisfy any of the licensing conditions. 2 - If the…
- Article 26A grievance against decisions suspending or cancelling a licence may be submitted to the Minister of Interior within one month from the date the licensee is notified of…
- Article 27If the employer delays payment of the wage beyond the agreed dates, the domestic worker shall be entitled to an amount of ten Kuwaiti dinars for each month of delay for…
- Article 28If the employer refuses to compensate the domestic worker for overtime work, the domestic worker may submit a complaint against him to the Domestic Labour Department,…
- Article 29Anyone who brings in a domestic worker under 21 years of age to work for him shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and a fine not…
- Article 31Jurisdiction over disputes arising between the parties to the contract shall vest in the Domestic Labour Department for settlement of the dispute in accordance with the…
- Article 32If a settlement of the dispute between the employer and the domestic worker is reached, it must be set down in a written contract, and a copy thereof shall be deposited…
- Article 33The Director of the Domestic Labour Department shall obtain an order temporarily extending the domestic worker's residence until the complaint is finally determined and…
- Article 34Upon the conclusion of any disputes or disagreements between the domestic worker and the employer, the Domestic Labour Department must issue a clearance certificate to…
- Article 35With respect to all disputes for which no settlement is reached, the parties to the contract may resort to the civil court for their urgent consideration before the…
- Article 36All domestic labour cases in which the plaintiff is the domestic worker shall be exempt from judicial fees at all levels of litigation.
- Article 37The president of the Labour Circuit shall promptly set a hearing to consider disputes referred to him within one month at most. The Court Registry shall notify the…
- Article 38All matters not mentioned in this Law concerning litigation procedures shall be governed by the provisions contained in Decree-Law No. (38) of 1980 promulgating the…
- Article 39An application to obtain a licence to engage in the activity of recruiting domestic workers shall be submitted to the Domestic Labour Department on the form prepared for…
- Article 40The licence under the provisions of this Law is personal, and no other person may be authorized to manage this activity. The licence shall terminate upon the licensee's…
- Article 41The legal representative of the heirs of the deceased licensee shall be granted a period not exceeding six months to wind up the office's business and obtain…
- Article 42A licence obtained for the first time shall be granted for a period of one year and may thereafter be renewed annually after submission of the contracts concluded…
- Article 43The fees for the licence granted pursuant to the provisions of this Law shall be determined by a decision issued by the Minister of Interior.
- Article 44Employees designated by a decision of the Minister of Interior shall have the right to inspect offices and establishments conducting the activity of domestic labour…
- Article 45The licensee's domestic worker recruitment activity shall be limited to recruiting domestic workers from abroad to work within the State of Kuwait only.
- Article 46The employer is not entitled to assign the domestic worker to work outside the State of Kuwait. If it is established that this has occurred without his consent, he shall…
- Article 47Without prejudice to the provisions of Article One of Law No. (111) of 2013 concerning Commercial Shop Licences, the activity of recruiting domestic workers may not be…
- Article 48Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by the Penal Code or any other law, anyone who engages in the activity of recruiting domestic labour without a…
- Article 49Newly arrived domestic workers who have not been collected by their employers within 24 hours shall be received, and temporary accommodation shall be provided for this…
- Article 50Domestic labour recruitment offices licensed at the time of issuance of this Law shall regularise their status in conformity with the provisions within a maximum period…
Articles 51 – 1004
- Article 51When a domestic worker absconds from his employer, the Ministry of Interior shall deport him to his country after recovering the travel expenses, the departure ticket…
- Article 52The Minister of Interior shall issue the regulations, rules and decisions necessary to implement this Law within six months from the date of its publication in the…
- Article 53Decree-Law No. (40) of 1992 concerning the regulation of offices for the employment of private servants is repealed.
- Article 54The Prime Minister and the Ministers shall, each within his respective competence, implement this Law. Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Issued at Seif…