KUWAIT: The new labor act will be discussed within a month's time, said Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Mohammed Al-Kandari. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Bahrain's embassy celebration of its 38th national anniversary, Al-Kandari said that the draft law had been initially approved and that it has been accorded top priority during parliament's upcoming sessions, reported Annahar. Replying to a question about follow-up reports referred to human rights organizations on
Kuwait's expatriate laborers' situation, Al-Kandari said that these were being periodically sent in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry in a bid to improve Kuwait's image to avoid being blacklisted. - Kuwait Times