Unlicensed domestic workers cost Kuwait millions, strain agencies - Times Kuwait

Unlicensed domestic workers cost Kuwait millions, strain agencies - Times Kuwait

• Musaed Al-Hajri, head of the Domestic Labor Disputes Department at the Public Authority for Manpower, warned that unlicensed domestic labor harms families and costs the state, while licensed workers support the economy through regulated fees, employer provisions, and associated revenues. • Bassam Al-Shammari, a domestic labor agency owner, calls for legal reopening of recruitment from all countries through new memoranda of understanding, with …

Having acknowledged that “we have not yet achieved the expected results in terms of both affiliation and written recruitment” of domestic workers, Marath Bolaños, the Secretary of Labour and Social Security, revealed the Lottery ticket to recognize this sector on the international day of domestic workers.Although the reform in this area came into force three years ago, which requires the provision of social security to this sector, only 64,956 p…