{"id":96840,"date":"2022-05-21T17:34:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=96840"},"modified":"2022-05-21T17:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:34:15","slug":"pam-to-postpone-kuwaitization-in-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/pam-to-postpone-kuwaitization-in-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"PAM to postpone Kuwaitization in private sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports claim that the shelved plan lacked any fixed percentage to be increased across all companies in the private sector. 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