KUWAIT CITY, Dec 31: Chairperson of the Kuwaiti Social labor Association Sheikha Bibi Al-Nasser Al-Sabah urged the government to look into the suffering of domestic workers, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The chairperson appealed to the government to issue a special law to organize domestic workers’ affairs, keeping in mind the privacy of the Kuwaiti society and the nature of their work. She added that this law should reserve the rights of both the employer and the worker.
She elaborated that this law should be added to the Labor Law of the private sector that was approved by the National Assembly last week.
Sheikha Bibi pointed out that many are looking forward to the issuing of this law in order to stop human tragedies that domestic workers are going through, which are a result of the absence of a special law concerning these workers.
“The absence of a specific law in this regard has many negative consequences represented in negative social phenomena that affects individuals and families of the society”, she added.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor received a cheque worth KD 200,000 from a company whose laborers staged a demonstration recently, reports Al-Jareeda daily quoting a ministerial source.
The source pointed out that KD 150,000 will be paid to the laborers and KD 50,000 will be paid to the administrative staff in the company. He mentioned that residency transferring for any laborer will be made possible without any obstacles.
The Assistant Chairperson for Kuwait Association for Human Rights Maha Al-Barjas revealed that the association will consider the laborers’ demands, and added that their problems will be followed up on a regular basis.
Meanwhile, a number of expatriates appealed to the Ministry of Interior to clarify its decision regarding deportation of expatriate laborers, who are registered under bogus companies, which was sent to the parliamentary committee responsible for defending human rights. The concerned expatriates informed the daily that the Ministry’s decision sent to the human rights committee states the approval of giving a three-month grace period for apprehended laborers to complete certain necessary procedures. - Arab Times