Kuwaiti newspaper "Al-Rai" revealed, today, Tuesday, a project to amend the labor law in the private sector, allowing companies whose activities were affected by the "Corona" crisis to agree with workers to reduce their salaries during the crisis.
The government has referred to the Parliamentary Finance Committee a new draft law to address the effects of "Corona" on the labor market, which will take effect during the period of precautionary measures taken by the state, and the provisions of its provisions will end with the end of the measures taken to confront the emerging Corona virus pandemic.
The newspaper stated that the first article of the draft law, which I obtained a copy of, allows the minister in charge of work to approve the employers because of the precautionary measures and measures taken by the state to prevent the new Corona pandemic, and as a result, the activity ceases entirely or partially, granting employment special leave with a reduced wage not less than The minimum wage, during the period approved by the Council of Ministers as a period of stopping activity.
It also permits employers to agree with the employment they have to reduce the wage throughout the period of activity cessation by a maximum of 50%, provided that the actual hours of work are taken into consideration against the paid wage, and without prejudice to the minimum wage, and that all employment dues are calculated based on the wage due to them before reducing it It shall be within the service period, and the determined support shall be paid through the support program, as well as the unemployment allowance, to those who address it in order to ensure protection for national employment.
And the second article stipulated that the provisions of the first article of this law shall apply during the period of the precautionary measures that the state takes to prevent the pandemic of the new Corona virus, and does not work with any provision that violates the provisions of this law, and the provisions of this law will end with the end of the precautionary measures taken by the state.