Release Problem – Company filed false case

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My problem is that a few months ago I asked the company where I am working for a release and they agreed on the condition that I give them KD 500. I told the company officials that I didn’t have the money but then they asked me to sign an I.O.U. for KD 500 and I could give them KD 100 every month.

I signed this I.O.U. then they started playing games with me, sometimes saying that the sponsor was out of country.

Then when I checked with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor they filed an “absconding case” against me. My new sponsor talked to them but to no avail. The other problem came when I received a call from a lawyer that I have to pay this company KD 2,000 as I had, according to him, signed the I.O.U. for this amount. I told him I had signed an I.O.U. for KD 500. He then ordered me to come to his office otherwise he would take me to court. I don’t know anything about the Kuwait Labor Law. Please help me.

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Answer: The company can’t make you pay for the release as this is illegal but by signing an I.O.U. you have made things slightly difficult for yourself and you might end up having to pay this amount.

But having said that, the best thing you can do at the moment is file a complaint against the company with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor through the Labor Office in your area.

It doesn’t matter that the company has filed an “absconding case” against you. There has been a change in the laws on “absconding cases”.

Unlike before, all expatriates against whom these cases have been filed won’t be automatically deported. The Interior Ministry now investigates all these cases and the sponsor has to prove that his employee is really absconding. Secondly, the company will also be questioned about the money for which you have signed the I.O.U., which they will have to produce.

So, they can’t say that you have signed an I.O.U. for KD 2,000 when you have only signed one for KD 500. If the investigation authorities find out that the company is charging for “releases” it could face very severe sanctions. So, file the complaint and make things easier for yourself.

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