Domestic help can sometimes be subjected to abuse when they living with their employers. When it comes to safety and maintaining a healthy work environment in Kuwait, one should take in special consideration to articles drawn by the Domestic workers’ law to ensure improvement in living conditions. Domestic worker laws provide the following terms and conditions.
Clause | The Right | Article |
Accommodation |
The employer is obliged to provide the worker with adequate accommodation, as well as decent and healthy living conditions |
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Employees Clothing |
The employer must provide the domestic employee with appropriate and sufficient clothing |
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Employee Healthcare | The employer must provide the employee with treatment and healthcare from public hospitals |
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Housing Employees in the Office | The recruitment office shall not, for any reason, use the office to house workers and it should provide workers with separate accommodation. |
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Sanction | Report to | Evidence |
• Suspension of the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months |
Domestic Employment Department |
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Cancellation of license | Domestic Employment Department |
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Suspension of the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months |
Domestic Employment Department |
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Suspension of the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months | Domestic Employment Department |
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