Kuwait Labor Law - Chapter One

 

General Rules

Article 1: in the application of the rules of this law the following terms mean:

- Ministry: Ministry of Social Works and Labor

- Minister: minister of Social Affairs and Labor

- Employee: any male or female who performs manual or mental work for an employer (under his management and supervision) against a wage

- Employer: every natural or legal person who uses employees against a wage

- Organization: any unit that gathers employees or employers with similar or related work, professions or jobs, which protects their interests or rights and represents them in matters related to their affairs.

Article 2: rules of this law apply to employees in the private sector.

Article 3: rules of this law apply to marine work contract in case a stipulation in this respect is not mentioned in the marine commercial law or the stipulation in this law is more beneficial to the employee.

Article 4: rules of this law apply to the oil sector in case a stipulation in this respect is not mentioned in the labor law for workers at the oil sector or the stipulation in this law is more beneficial to the employee.

Article 5: rules of this law are not applicable to the following:

- Employees covered by other laws as per the stipulations therein.

- Domestic workers as the concerned minister will issue a decision concerning their affairs in accordance with the rules governing their relations with the employers.

Article 6: rules of this law represent minimum level of employees’ rights without prejudice to better privileges granted to workers covered by individual or group employment contracts or special regulations or bylaws being observed by the employees or according to the rules governing their profession or general customs.

Discussions and questions of the above most welcome