{"id":134496,"date":"2023-07-25T09:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T06:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=134496"},"modified":"2023-07-25T09:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T06:09:49","slug":"a-guide-to-general-labour-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/a-guide-to-general-labour-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to general labour rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic house workers in Kuwait perform many essential duties in private households. They clean, cook, care for children, look after elderly family members, and perform other tasks for their employers. Despite their important role they can be exploited and to prevent this from happening  Domestic worker laws provide the following terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<table width=\"628\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Clause<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"316\"><strong>The Right<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"162\"><strong>Article<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Treatment and Compensation for Employee Sustaining an Injury<\/td>\n<td width=\"316\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If a domestic employee is subject to an accident while practicing work or during working hours, the employer is obliged to pay for treatment and compensate the employee for his\/her injury<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">\n<ul>\n<li>Article 22(1) Domestic Workers Law<\/li>\n<li>Article 13(1) Executive Regulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining Personal Identification<\/td>\n<td width=\"316\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An employer shall not retain the passport, ID card or any other personal document belonging to the employee without his\/her approval<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">\n<ul>\n<li>Article 12 Domestic Workers Law<\/li>\n<li> Article 22(4) Domestic Workers Law<\/li>\n<li>Article 8(8) Executive Regulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Repatriation of the Employee\u2019s Remains<\/td>\n<td width=\"316\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The employer is responsible for ensuring the repatriation of the domestic worker\u2019s remains to his\/her home country in the event of the worker\u2019s death; and must pay his\/her heirs the salary for the month during which he\/she died<\/td>\n<td width=\"162\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Article 22(5) Domestic Workers Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sanction<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Report to<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compensating the employee for the work injury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Local police station where incident occurred<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&amp;<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Employment Department<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical reports<\/li>\n<li> Reporting Incident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delivery of documents to the worker<\/li>\n<li>Temporarily suspending the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>Domestic Employment Department<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allegation<\/li>\n<li>Witnesses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspension of the granting of entry visas to the employer for 6 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Employment Department<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Copy of death certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic house workers in Kuwait perform many essential duties in private households. They clean, cook, care for children, look after elderly family members, and perform other tasks for their employers. Despite their important role they can be exploited and to prevent this from happening Domestic worker laws provide the following terms and conditions. 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