Executive regulations of Law No. 68 of 2015 stipulate all regulations related to domestic work in Kuwait including work permits and the rights and duties of domestic workers and their employers.
Law No. 15 outlines policies on the hiring, firing, annual leave, benefits and retirement of workers in the public sector.
Ministerial Order No. 51 establishes the Migrant Workers Exit Permit Grievances Committee.
In response to mounting criticism over the treatment of migrant workers in its preparations for the 2022 World Cup football tournament, Qatar established the Workers' Welfare Charter in 2013, published the Workers' Welfare Standards in 2014, and published an updated second edition of the Workers' Welfare Standards in 2016. The standards include measures to improve the working conditions and treatment of migrant workers such as ordering companies to set up bank accounts for workers and pay in their wages electronically, banning midday outdoor work in the summer, and setting up an electronic complaints system for migrant workers.
Decision No. 497 imposes a fee for temporary and seasonal visas and for the extension of residency permits for those types of work. The decree also establishes enforcement mechanisms and lists penalties for violators.
Decision No. 1/168 regulates issues related to recruitment offices. Most importantly, the decision bans offices from placing advertisements for domestic workers in the media, considering this practice as tantamount to human trafficking.
Decision No. 103 outlines conditions under which small companies can be exempt from nationalisation schemes for two years while also listing the level of nationalisation that companies must reach over the next four years.
Decree No. 765 outlines the rules and conditions for the termination of employment relations, defines ways in which fixed-term and unlimited contracts can be terminated, and lists conditions that could end an employment relationship.
Decree No. 766 outlines the rules and conditions for granting work permits to migrants who are changing employers, thus allowing free internal labour market mobility.