Amend labor law, impose harsher penalties on visa sellers
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KUWAIT CITY, May 3: The agenda of the parliamentary Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee for its meeting on Sunday consists of several bills, such as the proposal of MP Omar Al-Tabtabaie and some other lawmakers to amend the Labor Law in a bid to impose harsher penalties on those involved in visa trading and to obligate employers to provide work for the expatriates they bring to Kuwait according to the signed contracts.
The bill prohibits employers from hiring workers from abroad based on fake data, while the number of workers recruited from other countries should match the actual manpower need of the companies.
It imposes harsher penalties on those proven to have violated the law – maximum seven years imprisonment and KD 30,000 fine or any of these two penalties.
The employer, who violated the law, shall bear the cost of repatriating the workers and the company or business will be closed for a period of one year maximum.
The same penalties will be imposed on employers who hire workers under the sponsorship of another employer. These penalties do not prevent Kuwait from exercising its right to take administrative procedures like deporting expatriate workers proven to have violated the law.
Another item in the agenda is the bill submitted by MP Al Humaidi Al-Subai’e who suggested amending Article Nine of the Foreigners Law to grant permanent residency to the children of Kuwaiti women married to non- Kuwaitis or Bedouns regardless of their age or nationalities.
He said the bill is aimed at alleviating the suffering of these Kuwaiti women. The agenda also includes the proposal of MP Abdullah Al-Roumi to amend the Civil and Commercial Procedures Act issued according to Decree No. 38/1980.
The bill stipulates the use of electric means to notify the concerned individuals, institutions or companies about judicial appointments – SMS, fax, e-mail and others.
By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff
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