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KWT-1964-L-36003
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Title_of_text
Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kuwait
Subjects (Classification)
Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
1964-08-01
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Consists of 15 Chapters and 98 articles. Chapter I provides for scope of law's implementation. Chapter II concerns migration and work permit. Chapters III and IV deals with employment and contracts. Chapters V and VI regulate employment of juveniles and women. Chapters VII and VIII govern wages and hours of work and leave. Chapter IX concerns working conditions. Chapter X deals with work regulation and penalties. Chapter XI regulates expiry of labour contracts and terminal indemnity. Chapter XII provides for compensation for labour accidents and industrial diseases. Chapters XIII and XIV regulate organisations of labourers and employers, and conciliation and arbitration of collective labour disputes. Chapter XV deals with general matters. This Law supersedes the Private Sector Labour Law of 1959, the Amiri Decree No. 43 of 1960 and Law No. 1 of 1961.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1997-04-05 (KWT-1997-R-49094)
Ministerial Order concerning the formation of a commission for referring violations of the Labour Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning labour in the national sector and the implementing of ministerial orders, to the competent authorities.
Implementing text(s)
1997-04-05 (KWT-1997-R-49094)
Ministerial Order concerning the formation of a commission for referring violations of the Labour Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning labour in the national sector and the implementing of ministerial orders, to the competent authorities.
Implementing text(s)
2006-06-12 (KWT-2006-R-83264)
Ministerial Decree No. 161/2006 regrading the Change of the Work Permit and the Employer of a Foreign Employee in the Private Sector.
Implementing text(s)
2006-05-08 (KWT-2006-R-83265)
Ministerial Decree No. 159/2006 regarding changing an invitation letter to the country into a work permit.
Implementing text(s)
2006-06-03 (KWT-2006-R-83266)
Ministerial Decree 160/2006 regarding the regulation of employment in the private sector.
Implementing text(s)
2006-08-02 (KWT-2006-R-83273)
Ministerial Decree No. 164/2006 amending several provisions from Ministerial Decree No. 114/1996 regarding the Requirements and Conditions that Should be Provided in Work Places to Protect the Employees from Work Hazards.
Implementing text(s)
2006-12-20 (KWT-2006-R-83274)
Ministerial Decree No. 165/2006 preventing men from working in Ladies Lingerie Stores.
Implementing text(s)
2006-08-02 (KWT-2006-R-83275)
Ministerial Decree No. 215/ 2006 on the Creation of a Committee to facilitate the work between the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the General Authority for Industry and the General Authority for the Occupational Safety and Health Environment.
Implementing text(s)
2006-12-20 (KWT-2006-R-83277)
Ministerial Decree No. 305/2006 on the work chart of the Committee that regulates the situation of migrant workers in the private sector dealing with problems related to domestic workers.
Implementing text(s)
2013-03-17 (KWT-2013-L-97177)
Law No. 91 of 2013 Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1995-07-26 (KWT-1995-L-42988)
Law No. 30 of 1995 to amend certain provisions of the Private Sector Labour Code (Law No. 38 of 1964)
Amending text(s)
1995-07-26 (KWT-1995-L-42988)
Law No. 30 of 1995 to amend certain provisions of the Private Sector Labour Code (Law No. 38 of 1964)
Amending text(s)
2003-04-22 (KWT-2003-L-65375)
Law amending certain provisions of Law No. 38 of 1964 on Work in the Private Sector (No. 11 of 2003).
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2010-02-10 (KWT-2010-L-83616)
Law No. 6/2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Law in Arabic
Author
Kuwait Government Online
URL
http://www.e.gov.kw/Documents/english/Forms/MOSAL/KuwaitLaborLaw.pdf
File
KWT36003 Arabic.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
13 p.
Serial title
Business Laws of Kuwait (regular update)
Serial title
Separate copy, as amended to 1997