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Kuwait > General provisions
Country: Kuwait - Subject: General provisions
Kuwait - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Law No. 108 of 2013 amending Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector. -
Adoption: 2013-05-19 | Date of entry into force: 2013-05-19 | KWT-2013-L-97117
Amends Article 10 of Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning Labour in the private sector, which requires prior approval by the Authority before granting a work permit to foreign manpower.
Law No. 90 of 2013 amending Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector. -
Adoption: 2013-03-17 | Date of entry into force: 2013-03-17 | KWT-2013-L-97118
Amends Article 9 of Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector, which establishes "Public Authority of Manpower" supervised by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs which will be responsible for recruitment of foreign employees.
Law No. 91 of 2013 Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants. -
Adoption: 2013-03-17 | Date of entry into force: 2013-03-17 | KWT-2013-L-97177
Article 2: States that anyone who has committed the crime of trafficking in persons shall be sentenced to 15 years
in prison and to lifetime imprisonment.
Article 3: Deals with the smuggling of migrants.
Article 5,6,7,8,9: Penalties.
Law No. 6/2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector.
Adoption: 2010-02-10 | Date of entry into force: 2010-02-21 | KWT-2010-L-83616
CHAPTER II - EMPLOYMENT, APPRENTICESHIP AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Section Two: Apprenticeship and Vocational Training
Section Three: Employment of Juveniles
Section Four: Employment of Women
CHAPTER III - INDIVIDUAL WORK CONTRACTS
Section One: Work Contract Framework
Section Two: Obligations of Workers and Employers Regulations and Penalties
Section Three: Termination of Contract and Termination Indemnities
CHAPTER IV - ORGANIZATION OF WORK AND WORKING CONDITIONS
Section Two: Working Hours and Weekly Leave
Section Three: Annual Paid Leave
Section Four: Occupational Safety and Health
1. The rules for occupational safety and health
2. Work injuries and occupational diseases
CHAPTER V - COLLECTIVE LABOUR RELATIONS
Section One: Organization of Workers and Employers and the Rights of Unions
Section Two: Collective Employment Contracts
Section Three: Collective Labour Disputes
CHAPTER VI - LABOUR INSPECTION AND PENALTIES
Section One: Labour Inspection
Section Two: Penalties
Kuwait - General provisions - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)
Explanatory Note for Labour Code No. 6/2010 regarding Work in the Private Sector.
Adoption: 2010-02-10 | Date of entry into force: 2010-02-21 | KWT-2010-M-83617
The Explanatory Note for Labour Code No. 6/2010 on Work in the Private Sector provides a short summary of each of the articles in the Labour Code.
Law No. 6 of 1996 to add a new section 104 bis to the Criminal Procedure and Penalties Code promulgated by Law No. 17 of 1960.
Adoption: 1996-02-05 | Date of entry into force: 1996-02-05 | KWT-1996-L-44597
Decree Law No. 23 of 1990: Regulation of the Judiciary Law.
Adoption: 1990 | KWT-1990-L-47028
Provides for the legal system for Kuwait. Courts shall be composed of Court of Cassation, Court of Appeal, Al Kulliya Court, and Summary Court. Part III covers the appointment of and disciplinary actions against judges. Available in Arabic and English.
Ministerial Order No. 87 of 1989 concerning working conditions in the private sector.
Adoption: 1989-01-14 | KWT-1989-R-8100
It concerns the registration of employers and unemployed workers, the employment of workers and the issuance of work permits.
Order No. 21 of the Minister of Finance, relevant to the stipulations and rules pertaining to the addition of service periods prior to obtaining Kuwaiti nationality.
Adoption: 1982-01-01 | KWT-1982-R-16755
Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector -
Adoption: 1964-08-01 | KWT-1964-L-36003
Consists of 15 Chapters and 98 articles. Chapter I provides for scope of law's implementation. Chapter II concerns migration and work permit. Chapters III and IV deals with employment and contracts. Chapters V and VI regulate employment of juveniles and women. Chapters VII and VIII govern wages and hours of work and leave. Chapter IX concerns working conditions. Chapter X deals with work regulation and penalties. Chapter XI regulates expiry of labour contracts and terminal indemnity. Chapter XII provides for compensation for labour accidents and industrial diseases. Chapters XIII and XIV regulate organisations of labourers and employers, and conciliation and arbitration of collective labour disputes. Chapter XV deals with general matters. This Law supersedes the Private Sector Labour Law of 1959, the Amiri Decree No. 43 of 1960 and Law No. 1 of 1961.
Kuwait - General provisions - Constitution
Constitution of Kuwait. (دستور دولة الكويت، الصادر في 14 جمادى الثاني الموافق 11 نوفمبر 1962) -
Adoption: 1962-11-11 | KWT-1962-C-74769
Includes 5 parts: Part I "The State and the system of Government"; Part II "The fundamental constituents of the Kuwaiti society"; Part III "Public rights and duties"; Part IV "Powers"; Part V "General and transitional provisions". Provides, inter alia, for the obligation of the State to care for public health (art. 15) and social security (art. 11), equality of all people before the law (art. 29), right to education (art. 40) and work (art. 41), prohibition of forced labour and its exceptions (art. 42), freedom of association (art. 43).
Law of Commercial Companies. -
Adoption: 1960-10-19 | KWT-1960-L-83363
Regulates the formation and functioning of companies.
Nationality Law, 1959. -
Adoption: 1959 | KWT-1959-L-83364
Provides for the modalities to be fulfilled in order to obtain Kuwaiti citizenship.