NEW DEALS TO HIRE DOMESTIC WORKERS IN KUWAIT

  • 09/05/2021

Kuwait City : According to reports, State authorities, headed by the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM), are planning to sign new agreements to recruit domestic workers.After the finalization of needed amendments and recommendations, PAM has submitted the final version of an agreement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approval regarding its new deal with Ethiopia.In the words of  Owners of some domestic labor recruitment offices ,the issue of fees allocated in the “Bil Salamah” platform for facilitating the return of domestic workers (under article 20 visa) to the State of Kuwait became a cause for problems between citizens and domestic labor recruitment offices. The amounts specified in the “Bil Salamah” platform are not refundable and are not included in the value of the new contract. The warranty period specified for the contract is six months based on certain requirements.


The latest government statistics revealed a decrease in the number of domestic workers in the country to 668,000 in the current year.There are ten main nationalities working in the domestic labor sector, both men or women. In order of the highest number, these nationalities are – India, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Nepal, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Madagascar, Benin.

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