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Nom: Law No. 38 of 1964 concerning Labour in the Private Sector
Pays: Koweït
Sujet(s): Codes du travail, Lois générales sur le travail ou l'emploi
Type de loi: Loi
Adopté le: 1964-08-01
Entry into force:
Publié le: Printed separately, 13 p.
Business Laws of Kuwait (regular update)
Separate copy, as amended to 1997
ISN: KWT-1964-L-36003
Lien: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=36003&p_lang=fr
Bibliographie: Printed separately, 13 p.
Business Laws of Kuwait (regular update)
Separate copy, as amended to 1997
Law in Arabic Law in Arabic Kuwait Government Online PDF PDF (consulté le 2010-03-29)
Résumé/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.
Texte(s) abrogateur(s):
  • 2010-02-10 (KWT-2010-L-83616)Law No. 6/2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector.
Texte(s) modificateur(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).
  • 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)
Texte(s) d'application:
  • 2013-03-17 (KWT-2013-L-97177)Law No. 91 of 2013 Combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
  • 2006-12-20 (KWT-2006-R-83274)Ministerial Decree No. 165/2006 preventing men from working in Ladies Lingerie Stores.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2006-06-03 (KWT-2006-R-83266)Ministerial Decree 160/2006 regarding the regulation of employment in the private sector.
  • 2006-05-08 (KWT-2006-R-83265)Ministerial Decree No. 159/2006 regarding changing an invitation letter to the country into a work permit.
  • 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.

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