The government of Kuwait recently passed legislation requiring all visitors to have health insurance for the duration of their stay in Kuwait. Law No.15 of 2019 has been published in the Official Gazette and should be implemented in the next […]
The Health and Social Affairs Committee of the Kuwait National Assembly approved a draft law increasing the annual leave allotment from 30 days to 35 days of paid leave per year. This change applies to private sector employees, both Kuwaitis […]
The National Assembly of Kuwait has passed an early retirement law granting full social security retirement benefits to insured men who have worked for 30 years and women who have worked for 25 years, regardless of their age. The law […]
A new law concerning labor in the private sector (Law No. 85 of 2017) that entered into force on 6 June 2017, clarifies that weekends, public holidays and sick leave should no longer be counted as part of annual holiday. […]