Decree No. 27 of 2021 on Rules and Procedures for Granting Work Permits

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56 provisions to regulate the registration, renewal, and cancelation of work permits in Kuwait. Inlcudes ban on employers in the private sector and oil sector from withholding the passports of foreign workers. (Art. 38.)

Implementation of 2018 MoU between Kuwait and Philippines

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In January 2020, the Philippine government imposed a total ban on sending Filipino workers to Kuwait after the death of an overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait. This ban was lifted in February, accompanied by the First Joint Committee Meeting on the 2018 Philippines-Kuwait Agreement on the Deployment of Domestic Workers. During the meeting, officials discussed several protection measures for Filipino domestic workers that are to be institutionalized.

MoU on the Recruitment of Domestic Workers between Kuwait and India)

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The Governments of Kuwait and India signed a MoU that outlines the two countries’ cooperation regarding matters of Indian domestic workers in Kuwait, especially providing stronger safeguards for Indian domestic workers which include many female workers in Kuwait. The MoU is valid for five years and incorporates provision for automatic renewal.

Agreement on Employment of Domestic Workers between the Philippines and Kuwait

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Kuwait and the Philippines signed a MOU to regulate the working conditions of migrant domestic workers in Kuwait guaranteeing rights of domestic workers to address allegations of abusive working conditions.