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Salaries of workers must be sent to banks: Kandari - ‘New labor law to be published within two weeks’
Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor Undersecretary Mohammad Al-Kandari has reiterated the need to transfer the salaries of workers to their personal bank accounts on time, reports Al-Shahid daily. In a press statement recently, Al-Kandari revealed the ministry has formed a team tasked to follow up the issue to ensure strict compliance among employers and to protect the rights of workers. He said the ministry will take the necessary action against employers who do not pay their workers on time.
In an unrelated development, Al-Kandari has advised the owners of companies to immediately update their files at the Automatic System Department in Jabriya to ease procedures for the processing of their transactions. He asserted the ministry will not accept applications for transfer or any other transaction if the owners’ files are not updated in the system, which will be implemented on March 1.
“The new labor law will be published in the official gazette ‘Kuwait Today’ within two weeks and it will come into effect six months after its publication,” Al-Watan Arabic daily quoted Al-Kandari as saying.
Responding to a question on when a public authority will be formed to hire and bring in expatriate laborers, the Undersecretary said, “it will be done one year after the implementation of the new labor law in the private sector.” Sources, however, wondered about the delay in implementation of the law, especially since it passed through all official channels.
According to sources, the Ministry of Social Affairs did not yet make any preparations for establishing the public authority for bringing expatriate laborers. Reportedly, it has not even decided who all to include in the board of directors. Its members, however, will include representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and other public institutions.
Furthermore, Al-Kandari met the officials of International Labor Organization (ILO) who winded up their visit to Kuwait on Saturday. It is impossible to implement all the conditions stipulated in government contracts and most of the negative incidents that occurred in the recent past, such as workers’ protests, were due to these contracts, Al-Shahed daily quoted Al-Kandari as saying. He said the ministry has noticed some fundamental problems in the contracts and will address the issue while working on central tenders law.
Report: - "Arab Times
In an unrelated development, Al-Kandari has advised the owners of companies to immediately update their files at the Automatic System Department in Jabriya to ease procedures for the processing of their transactions. He asserted the ministry will not accept applications for transfer or any other transaction if the owners’ files are not updated in the system, which will be implemented on March 1.
“The new labor law will be published in the official gazette ‘Kuwait Today’ within two weeks and it will come into effect six months after its publication,” Al-Watan Arabic daily quoted Al-Kandari as saying.
Responding to a question on when a public authority will be formed to hire and bring in expatriate laborers, the Undersecretary said, “it will be done one year after the implementation of the new labor law in the private sector.” Sources, however, wondered about the delay in implementation of the law, especially since it passed through all official channels.
According to sources, the Ministry of Social Affairs did not yet make any preparations for establishing the public authority for bringing expatriate laborers. Reportedly, it has not even decided who all to include in the board of directors. Its members, however, will include representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and other public institutions.
Furthermore, Al-Kandari met the officials of International Labor Organization (ILO) who winded up their visit to Kuwait on Saturday. It is impossible to implement all the conditions stipulated in government contracts and most of the negative incidents that occurred in the recent past, such as workers’ protests, were due to these contracts, Al-Shahed daily quoted Al-Kandari as saying. He said the ministry has noticed some fundamental problems in the contracts and will address the issue while working on central tenders law.
Report: - "Arab Times
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