DURING RAMADAN, THERE IS A GREATER DEMAND FOR HOUSEHOLD HELP

  • 30/03/2022

Kuwait City: While Kuwaitis await the holy month of Ramadan, many are anticipating the arrival of domestic workers and expatriate helps that domestic labour offices are attempting to recruit.


"The problem will intensify in the holy month," domestic labour experts and human rights advocates stated, "since the cost in some offices will reach the limit of roughly KD 2,000 for those who demand rapid delivery of the domestic worker." The cost of living for these workers is anticipated to climb."

"Start educating employers and domestic employees about their rights and responsibilities," they said, adding that "the violations that some are exposed to remain individual and cannot be generalised."

The high costs for recruiting domestic workers, which the state legislation did not succeed in limiting and are paid to the office and not to the worker, led the employers to seek illegal ways to force the domestic worker to complete the contract period, or sometimes extend it against the worker’s will”.

A specialist in domestic labor affairs and the owner of a domestic labor office, Bassam Al-Shammari, said, “The problem of domestic labor will worsen in the month of Ramadan. The nature of this month increases the burden of costs on those workers.

The costs of some offices for those who want immediate delivery of the domestic worker have reached KD 2,000 or a little less. This cost is lower for those who have the ability to wait a month or two.

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