Kuwait Times, Sunday, Mar 26, 2023 | Ramadan 4, 1444
PAM suspends 16,848 files over violations
Kuwait :
The Kuwait Public Authority of Manpower
(PAM) announced the suspension of 16,848 files that
were found without valid civil addresses, including
22,863 licenses on which 61,688 workers with residence
in the country are registered under Article 18. The
workers have a one-month grace period to reconcile
their legal status.
This came on the directives of the First Deputy Prime
Minister, Minister of Interior and Acting Minister
of Defense Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
to “tighten control over violators of the Labor Law in
the private sector” in light of the state’s tendencies towards
regulating the demographics.
The Authority gave
the employers of the violating files a period of one
month from the date of suspending the files with the
aim of amending their legal status – indicating that in
the event that the legal status is not modified within the
specified period, the owners will be referred to the relevant
investigation authorities.