A guide to Domestic Workers’ Financial rights

TimesAdmin

1 year ago

Work is part of everyone’s daily life and is crucial to a person’s dignity, well-being and development as a human being. When it comes to economic safety of domestic labour in Kuwait, one should take in special consideration to articles drawn by the Domestic workers’ law to ensure improvement in the lives of human beings. Domestic worker laws provide the following terms and conditions

Clause	The Right	Article
Salary and Deduction	The salary paid should be identical to that specified in the contract The salary should be paid at the end of every month The salary is calculated from the actual work start date Salary deduction is not permitted	Article 7 Domestic Workers Law Article 8 Domestic Workers Law
Overtime	The worker is entitled to receive overtime payments that are no less than double the rate for the same period of his/her work, if assigned additional work outside normal working days or hours	Article 28 Domestic Workers Law
End-of-service Benefits	The worker shall receive all entitlements at the end of the contract period The worker is entitled to obtain end-of-service benefits if he/she completes the duration of the contract. End-of-service benefits shall be estimated as one month’s salary for every working year	Article 11 Executive Regulations Article 15 Executive Regulations Article 23 Domestic Workers Law

Sanction	Report to	Evidence
The worker is entitled to compensation in the sum of 10 K.D. for every month the payment of their salary is delayed	Domestic Employment Department Phone: 25389452	• Not having salary receipts or transfers • Incompatibility of salary receipts or salary transfer receipts with the actual working period.
Compensating the worker for his/her overtime	Domestic Employment Department	• Reporting Incident • Witnesses
• Payment of the amount due • Suspension of the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months	Domestic Employment Department	• No receipt or bank transfer for the amount of end-of-service benefit
• Withdrawal of license • Being charged with the offenses of extortion and misappropriation	Domestic Employment Department & Local Police Station	Any evidence that can be obtained (bank transfer/ witnesses)