KUWAIT: At least 38,000 labor complaints were filed in Kuwait last year, including around 20,000 cases pertaining to delayed salaries and other financial disputes, a senior Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor official announced recently.
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The remaining 18,000 complaints pertained to disputes over work permits, mainly with regards to the worker’s right to switch employers or have their visas canceled, said Deputy Director of the Public Relations Department Hadi Al-Enizy. He added that the department’s labor disputes committee has looked into more than 6,000 grievances last year, a majority of which pertained to transfer of dependency visas (article 22) to a work visa (article 18).
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