The Kuwaiti Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Mohammad Al-Kandari, recently announced that foreign workers who own business (such as carpenters, blacksmiths, tanker drivers, barbers) will not need a Kuwaiti sponsor anymore; instead, they’ll become their own …
Posted in Kuwait, Legislation, Sponsorship | 1 CommentKuwait’s Social Affairs and Labor Minister Dr. Mohammed al-Ifasi recently announced that the government plans to abolish the sponsorship system in the country. The system requires every migrant worker to have a local employer as a sponsor in order to …
Posted in Kuwait, News, Sponsorship | 8 CommentsA Nepali housemaid is reported to have died after her Kuwaiti employer hit her on the head with a bathroom tile, according to this report from Nepali media house Kantipur. Investigations show that the Nepali woman had started work as …
Posted in General, Housemaids, Kuwait, News | 10 CommentsThe Al Watan Daily, Arab Times and Kuwait Times newspapers are reporting that Kuwait’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor is making small moves towards the abolishment of the “kafeel” sponsorship system, beginning with allowing expatriot workers in the private …
Posted in Gulf, Interviews, Kuwait, Sponsorship | 1 CommentIn Kuwait, workers are not permitted to work in weather that exceeds 50 degree Celcius. In addition, in June the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor issued a decree banning laborers from working outdoors between 12-4 pm effective of June …
Posted in Kuwait | 3 CommentsThe life of a Nepali maid on death row in Kuwait has been spared after a court ruling on December 23rd commuted her sentence. Dolma Sherpa was handed the death penalty in Kuwait last year for allegedly murdering her Filipinna …
Posted in Kuwait, Legal cases, Women | 8 CommentsIn Kuwait, and elsewhere in the Gulf, there are no formal shelters for abused maids. If a housemaid runs away, more often than not, it is because of her discomfort in a certain house or because of mistreatment, but there …
Posted in Housemaids, Kuwait, Women | 1 CommentAfter days of violent protests that left tens injured and hundreds arrested and facing an imminent threat of deportation, workers in Kuwait ended a violent strike that was sparked by their poor living conditions. he workers, mostly of Bangladeshi origin, …
Posted in Abusive employers, Kuwait, Sponsorship | 1 CommentKuwait City: Dec 12 Abubakar A. Ibrahim Over a Hundred Indian workers on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Indian Embassy to air their grievances against their company which allegedly ordered their arrest. Four armed policemen on Tuesday …
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