Statistics of the Department of Regulating the Recruitment of Domestic Workers in the Public Authority for Manpower revealed that the number of domestic workers registered in the Ministry of Interior until the end of last August amounted to 636,525 male and female workers, Al-Rai daily reported.
The total number of the registered domestic labor recruitment offices amounted to 420 offices, 75 licenses were renewed and one license was suspended.
The complaints registered in the August included 63 complaints by employers against workers while 139 complaints were resolved amicably between the parties.
It included 22 complaints from an employer against an office and company, 94 complaints from workers against the employer, while 62 complaints were referred to the judiciary.
The amount collected in favor of employers amounted to KD 11,040 while the amounts collected in favor of workers amounted to KD 3111.
