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The employer is banned to employ
foreign labour force unless they are
duly authorized by the Competent
Authority to work for him. The Min-
ister shall issue a decision on the
rules, documents and fees to be
charged from the employer. In case
of refusal, the refusal decision shall
be reasonable.
Furthermore, the refusal decision
shall not be relevant to the capital
amount, otherwise the decision shall
be entirely null as if it is not issued.
An employer shall not recruit labour-
ers from outside the country or ap-
point labourers from inside the coun-
try without making them to work for
him. If it is evident that he is not ac-
tually in need of those labourers, in
this case, the employer shall bear the
expenses for returning the labourer to
his country.
If the worker abandons coming to his
work and worked for another em-
ployer, the employer shall be obliged
to return the employer back to his
home country, upon registering an
absconding notice against the worker
by his main sponsor.
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New Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 with Explanatory Memorandum
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English memorandum — original language
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Article (10) determines the rules and
procedures in the employment of
non-Kuwaitis in such a way that gov-
erns the competent Ministry's control
on the labour market and to direct it
in such a manner that conforms to the
goal of the state to gradually replace
the expatriate labour force by the Ku-
waiti labour force. In this connection,
this Article prohibits any employer to
recruit foreign labour force or to em-
ploy labourers from inside the coun-
try without having them to work for
him or if it becomes proven that he is
not actually in need of them.
Furthermore, this Article bans em-
ployers to employ non-Kuwaiti la-
bourers unless they hold labours per-
mits issued by the competent labour
department entitle them to work for
him. This is for treatment of the re-
New Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 with Explanatory Memorandum
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Article (138) has introduced the pun-
ishment by imprisonment for not
more than three years and a fine not
more than KD 1,000/- or with both
penalties to be applicable on whoever
violates the provision of paragraph
(3) of Article (10) of this law.
New Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010 with Explanatory Memorandum
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وحددت المادة (10) اجراءات وقواعد تشغيل غير الكويتين على نحو يحكم رقابة الوزارة
المختصة على سوق العمل وتوجيهه الى نحو يتفق مع ما تهدف اليه الدولة من إحلال القوى
الكويتية بالتدريج محل القوى العاملة الوافدة وفي هذا الإتجاه نصت تلك المادة على انه لا يجوز
لأي صاحب عمل أن يستقدم عمالا من الخارج أو أن يستخدم عمالا من داخل البلاد ثم يعمد إلى
عدم تسليمهم العمل لديه أو يثبت عدم حاجته الفعلية لهم ، وحظرت على اصحاب الأعمال
استخدام عمال غير كويتين ما لم يكونوا حاصلين على إذن عمل من إدارة العمل المختصة للعمل
لديه ، وذلك علاجاً لمشكلة استقدام عمالة اجنبية زائدة على الحاجة من ناحية وتنظيما لسوق
العمل من ناحية اخرى بأن يعمل كل عامل أجنبي لدى صاحب العمل الذي استقدمه ، وقررت ان
يتكفل صاحب العمل بمصاريف عودة العامل إلى بلده ، وألزمت المادة الوزارة في حالة رفض
طلب صاحب العمل استقدام عمال من الخارج أن يكون الرفض مسبباً وألا يكون مقدار رأس
المال سبباً في الرفض وذلك لضمان الرقابة على أداء الحكومة في حالة الرفض ، كما نصت
المادة في نهايتها على أنه في حالة إنقطاع العامل عن العمل والتحاقه بالعمل لدى الغير يتكفل
الأخير ، بعد تقديم بلاغ تغيب يحق العامل من الكفيل الأصلى ، بمصاريف عودة العامل إلى بلده.
Explanatory memorandum to Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning private sector labour
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وعليه نصت المادة (137) على عقوبة الغرامة التي لا تتجاوز خمسمائة دينار لكل من يخالف أحكام
المادتين (8 ،35) وتتضاعف العقوبة في حالة العود .
واستحدثت المادة (138) عقوبة الحبس التي لا تتجاوز ثلاث سنوات والغرامة التي لا تقل عن ألف
دينار ولا تزيد عن خمسة آلاف دينار أو بإحدى هاتين العقوبتين كل من يخالف حكم الفقرة الثالثة من المادة
(10) من هذا القانون .
نصت المادة (139) على عقوبة جزائية على صاحب العمل المخالف لأحكام المادة (57) من هذا
القانون .
وإيمانا من المشرع بالدور الرقابي الذي تقوم به الوزارة على المنشآت والتحقق من مدى مراعاتها
لقواعد الصحة والسلامة المهنية والقرارات الوزارية الصادرة تنفيذا لها قرر في المادة
Explanatory memorandum to Law No. 6 of 2010 concerning private sector labour
The English paragraph beginning 'The employer is banned' includes material split between Word paragraphs 69 and 70; the Word paragraph 72 corresponds to two English printed paragraphs. Paragraphs cannot be aligned by array position.
Keep paragraph structure independently for each language; no artificial paragraph correspondence.
The supplied English scan prints 'employer' at this position where the Arabic working source refers to العامل. This is visible in the source image, not merely an OCR error.
Do not silently replace the printed English word. Article 10 English remains unverified candidate text.
