Kuwait eyes workers from new labor exporting countries

Kuwait eyes workers from new labor exporting countries

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah gave instructions to take steps that help open recruitment of expatriate workers from new countries other than those that have large communities in Kuwait. “The instructions include coordination with the foreign ministry to sign memoranda of understanding with new labor-exporting countries,” the Public Authority of Manpower said on Wednesday.

These steps are meant to help address labor shortages in certain fields, it added, noting that these measures are in line with the state’s efforts to address the demographic imbalance problem “by diversifying labor sources to meet the labor market’s needs”.

PAM will receive an official labor committee from the Philippines late May to discuss matters related to sending specialized labor to Kuwait. PAM will coordinate with concerned authorities to take the necessary procedures regarding the matter, as bringing workers from the Philippines will likely resume after the discussions. It has been reported that the Philippine delegation will request eight hours of work daily and one day of rest weekly for domestic workers, and overtime pay if work exceeds this limit.

Meanwhile, the Central Agency for Public Tenders has approved a request by the health ministry to award three tenders to provide