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KWT-2011-R-89507
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Title_of_text
Ministerial Order No. 201/A of 2011 Prohibiting Forced Labour.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Kuwait
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
2011-02-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Section 1: Subject to provisions of Law No.6 of 2010 concerning working in the private sector:
a) Employers in the private sector are prohibited to use any mean making workers executing forced labour, or forcing workers to carry out tasks outside their assigned job.
b) Subject to the previous paragraph, employers are prohibited to employ workers without pay.
c) Employers are permitted, within the limits of the law and and the Ministerial Order No. 188 of 2010, to require workers to work overtime.
Section 2: Subject to Section 141 of the Law No. 6/2010 or to any greater penalty stipulated by another Law, the Ministry may stop the employer's file permanently or temporarily if he/she violates the provisions of this Order.
Section 3: The provisions of this Order do not apply to acts for which a court ruling has been issued and implemented under the supervision of the Public Authority.
Section 4: This Ministerial Order enters into force once it has been published in the Official Gazette.
Instrument(s)
C029 - Forced Labour Convention, 1930
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2011-02-27
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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
2010-02-10 (KWT-2010-L-83616)
Law No. 6/2010 concerning Labour in the Private Sector.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in Arabic
Author
Law Library of Congress
Publisher
GLIN-Global Legal Information Network
Place of publication
The United States of America
URL
http://www.glin.gov
File
246589_29657921222.pdf (PDF of Law in Arabic)
Serial region
Serial title
Kuwait Al Youm
Date
2011-02-27
Number
No. 1016
Page range
P. 5