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November 16, 2015 at 09:40

Skill proving tests are mandatory for 24 professions

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Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Professional Qualifications Department recently finished setting tests for around 24 professions operating in the local labor market, and submitted the tests and conditions to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih for approval.

December 10, 2014 at 11:37

Kuwaiti driving license renewal subject to the residency

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The driving licenses that were issued after the new law (which took effect in November) will be withdrawn – in case they change profession.

November 21, 2014 at 10:06

Kuwait labor law offers additional protection to expats - official

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Director-General of the public authority of workforce Jamal Al-Dosary on Thursday reaffirmed commitment of the authority to protect expatriate workers under provisions of the labor law No. 6/2010.

"The law provides a range of benefits for workers such as increasing the number of paid annual leave days, including the sick, pilgrimage and birth-giving leave as well as the national holidays," he said in a press release.

November 14, 2014 at 10:56

Sanctions Mulled For Allowing Bachelors Live In Family Homes

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Bachelor City In Each Governorate Eyed

As part of efforts to eradicate the presence of bachelors in private houses, members of the Municipal Council are conducting a study on the laborers cities projects to fulfill the demand of the Minister of Communications and State Minister for Municipality Affairs Essa Al-Kandari to impose sanctions on the violations committed by allowing bachelors to live in family accommodations, reports Al-Rai daily.

November 13, 2014 at 10:56

High prices hit Kuwait middle class

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A growing number of Kuwait’s residents are seeking deals and discounts to alleviate the effects of the rising cost of living

November 10, 2014 at 08:52

Expat workers in Kuwait dread false absconding reports

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Fabricated absconding reports are like swords pointed at the necks of expatriate employees as they have become tools for depriving these workers of their rights, reports Al-Anba daily quoting the Kuwait Human Rights Society (KHRS).

November 7, 2014 at 12:07

Hunger strike at deportation center

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Forty detainees of various nationalities being held at the Sulaibkhat police station went on hunger strike recently to protest prolonged detention. According to Kuwait Times report, the prisoners are waiting to be deported and have complained at the delay in processing their papers. Daily reported that the hunger strikers have spent more than a month in holding cells which has an area of 25 meters only, while the deportation department is refusing to receive them claiming that there are no tickets available on local airlines for their transportation out of the country.

November 6, 2014 at 09:05

Government to review mechanism of filing absconding case against expats

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Public authority for Manpower in coordination with Ministry of Interior will reconsider the mechanism of filing absconding cases against expats, local daily Arab Times reported citing Al-Qabas Arabic news paper.

According to reports, the current mechanism of filing absconding cases is unfair to expatriates as it enables the employers to blackmail and threatens the labors, because the residency of the laborer is cancelled after the employer files absconding case against him.

November 5, 2014 at 06:52

Kuwait may grant amnesty to illegal expats; Intensive security raids will start soon

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Ministry of Interior is currently studying the possibility of giving expatriates who have violated the residency law a chance to rectify their status and leave the country, local daily reported quoting informed sources.

According to source, the ministry has approved a comprehensive security plan to eliminate the phenomenon of marginal labourers and arrest wanted individuals, especially after discovering that many of them are involved in various crimes including murders, robberies and most recently the murder of a Pakistan guard in Jaber Al-Ahmad City.

November 5, 2014 at 06:51

Security raid in Ahmadi net 19 expats

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Ahmadi governorate police carried out inspection campaigns against violators, resulting in the arrest of eight wanted persons and 11 without IDs and expired iqamas, while 20 vehicles were impounded. Four persons were arrested in an abnormal condition with seven bags with 60 bottles of locally-made liquor. They also had drugs for sale.

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