Domestic help has certain rights regarding the location and nature of the work. 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 the safety of the workers. Domestic worker laws provide the following terms and conditions.
| Clause | The Right | Article |
| Job Description |
The employer is only entitled to instruct the employee to complete the tasks specified in his/her contract |
• Article 18 Domestic Workers Law
• Article 14 Domestic Workers Law • Article 9(2) Executive Regulations |
| Identifying Workplace |
The employee’s place of work shall be specified in the employment contract. The employer shall not require the employee to work elsewhere |
• Article 18 Domestic Workers Law
• Article 14 Domestic Workers Law |
| Dangerous and Degrading Jobs | The employer shall not instruct the employee to undertake a harmful or dangerous task that threatens his/her health or affects his/her human dignity |
• Article 10 Domestic Workers Law |
| Working for Others | The employer is not entitled to make the domestic worker work for another person |
• Article 8(10) Executive Regulations |
| Work Outside Kuwait | The employer is not entitled to take the domestic worker to another country to work for him/her there without the domestic worker’s consent | • Article 46 Domestic Workers Law
• Article 8(10) Executive Regulations |
| Sanction | Report to | Evidence |
| 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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Suspension of the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months |
Domestic Employment Department |
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| Repatriating the employee to his/ her country of origin at the expense of the employer | Domestic Employment Department |
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