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Thursday, 13 August 2009 13:56 |
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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 12: Expatriate employees should get their passports from their sponsors as the latter have no right to keep such documents, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr Mohammad Al-Afasi said Wednesday after his meeting with the Health, Social Affairs and Labor Committee in the Parliament. Clarifying that expatriate workers have to fulfill certain requirements before leaving their current sponsors, Al-Afasi stressed the need for expatriate employees to obtain a clearance certificate from their current sponsors before joining another company. “Sponsors should refrain from using this condition to put pressure on their employees as they will be forced to issue the clearance certificates in case the workers file a complaint at the ministry. Expatriate workers, on the other hand, should not leave their current sponsors without informing them about their plan to transfer their residence to another sponsor,” he explained.
Revealing the committee continued Wednesday discussions on the proposed amendments to the new private sector labor law, Al-Afasi pointed out the government and Parliament unanimously approved the law during the first reading, but its enactment was delayed due to the dissolution of the Parliament. “Institutions like Kuwait Workers Union, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), and Banks Union have a number of reservations on the law. All parties involved and meet international expectations as the whole nation has been waiting for its ratification for quite a long time,” he opined. |
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 14:05 |
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KUWAIT CITY, June 13: The Ideal Mother Committee Chairperson Sheikha Fareeha Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has recommended that all TV programs which depict immorality and have negative impact on the society, particularly the youth, must be stopped, reports Al-Shahed daily. Sheikha Fareha made this statement during a seminar which was organized by the daily entitled “Efforts made by Kuwait to Fight Negative Phenomena”. She called for strategy to be laid down to help the youth spend their leisure time reasonably and responsibly instead of allowing them to be destructive and cause harm to the country. She called upon civil organizations to cooperate with the government to get rid of negative phenomena in the society.
She noted these phenomena are alien to the Kuwaiti culture. She urged the National Assembly to enact a bill that will curb bad habits in the youth such as alcohol consumption and drug addiction. She warned parents of the dangers of overlooking the activities of their children. She said parents should guide and counsel their children from time to time. She grieved over the rate at which travesty and devil worship is spreading among the youth. Some of our leaders complain without taking practical steps to wipe out this undesirable scenario from our society, she indicated. We should help the government to establish medical centers to cure what she called negative habits, and to rehabilitate delinquent youths because some of them desire to change but they need help, the social activist advised.
Source: Arab Times
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009 14:26 |
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KUWAIT CITY, Jan 19: The parliamentary Public Utilities Committee on Monday elected MP Dr Mohammad Al-Huwailah as chairman, after he got three votes against his rival MP Abdulaziz Al-Shayeji who got only two votes. Revealing the committee had discussed more than 40 draft bills and proposals after the elections, Al-Huwailah said the committee referred a draft bill on the establishment of Boubyan Port to the Environment Committee for further study. He added the committee will seek clarification from the concerned ministers on the presence of bachelors in private residential areas and problems on the drainage system in Kuwait, especially during the rainy season.
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:28 |
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KUWAIT, Jan 17, (KUNA): Kuwaiti youth oppose vehemently the extremely high dowries and wedding expenses amid an economic and social downturn in the society due to the current economic crisis, according to a recent academic survey. Dowry is always a bone of contention among the families of bride and bridegroom, said the survey, carried out by the Kuwait University. Young men are more critical of rising dowries than girls, the study entitled “Social Value of Dowries in Kuwaiti Society”, showed. It highlighted the reality of dowries in Kuwait and their relative significance and social impacts, calling for taking into consideration gender differences and social and cultural changes.
The survey involved a sample of 700 men and women aged between 20 and 56 from different areas in the six Kuwaiti governorates. It showed that 78 percent of the sample viewed dowries as exorbitantly high, 82.4 percent considered dowry as the key problem in surging wedding expenses, while 28.1 percent believed that Kuwaiti girls pay too much heed to dowry. The respondents are mostly dissatisfied with dowries, with 85.7 percent of the sampled men and 70 percent of the sampled women believing that dowries are too high.
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Saturday, 27 December 2008 10:24 |
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 26: A private company offering services to the oil sector reportedly retrenched 800 Kuwaiti workers and replaced them with expatriate workers from a particular Arab country as a cost-cutting measure, reports Al-Seyassah daily. The disgruntled Kuwaitis said they were recruited in 2004 and were gradually promoted due to their efficiency and academic certificates, noting that the only condition for the job was to hold at least a secondary school certificate.
“We were asked to train hundreds of expatriates who worked for a security company. We worked really hard on the task, but after training them, we were surprised when the company said it will interview all staff members to check their competency level. In the interview, none of the questions were related to our work. We were asked to guess the size of TV sets and so on,” said the Kuwaiti workers. It is a disaster for all of us and how will we cope now without jobs, they asked.
Reportedly each Kuwaiti was paid KD 800 monthly salary while each expatriate employee who replaced a citizen receives only KD 115 per month. “Should Kuwaitis pay the price of international financial crisis? Should they become victims of all cost-cutting measures adopted by companies?” asked the daily.
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