Board of Directors of the Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) has reportedly decided to temporarily shelve its amendments to the Kuwaitization plans for the private sector.
The amendments, made in line with the decision by the Civil Service Commission to support and augment national labor in the private sector, had called for increasing the percentage of national labor to be hired by private sector companies.
Media reports claim that the shelved plan lacked any fixed percentage to be increased across all companies in the private sector. Instead, PAM had suggested different percentages for each category of companies in the private sector based on the need to increase the percentage of national labor in that particular category.
The decision to postpone the amendment apparently came following objections from the private sector and an understanding that there was need for further study on the issue and a reassessment of available labor market data and analysis. The fact that the government is currently in a caretaker capacity also prompted the decision to study the issue in greater detail.
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