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KWT-1992-L-31284
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Title_of_text
Legislative Decree No.40, 1992, to regulate domestic service agencies.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kuwait
Subjects (Classification)
Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services; Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-08-03
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides that employment agencies supplying domestic servants must be licensed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Such agencies are now forbidden to charge job-seekers a fee for finding them employment. The Ministry is to set up a special inspectorate to supervise the operation of domestic service employment agencies. Any agent acting in breach of these provisions is liable to a maximum penalty of three months' imprisonment and a fine of 400 dinars. The Decree is published with an explanatory memorandum which states its purpose as being, inter alia, to prevent the exploitation of domestic servants.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1992-08-09
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Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2015-07-26 (KWT-2015-L-101760)
Law No. 68 of 2015 on Employment of Domestic Workers.
Serial region
Serial title
Al-Kuwait Al-Yawm
Date
1992-08-09
Volume
Vol. 38
Number
No. 63
Page range
pp. 4-5