Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4177

The government's obligation to pay a social allowance and a children's allowance to persons engaged in professions and trades and those working in all entities. The Council of Ministers issues the decisions regulating this, upon the proposal of the Civil Service Council, specifying the amount of each of the 2 aforementioned allowances, their eligibility conditions, the professions, trades, work and entities to which they apply, and the period during which the government continues paying them, provided that the children's allowance is 50 dinars for each child up to the 5th child. Article 3, Law 19 of 2000 concerning Support for National - 819 - Labour Manpower and Encouraging It to Work in Nongovernmental Entities. Without prejudice to the acquired rights of persons working in government entities before the issuance of this Law.