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Tortured and sexually assaulted the Indian domestic

May 14, 20180 Comments

The Criminal Investigations Department has summoned the Kuwaiti sponsor for allegedly torturing and sexually assaulting his Indian house help while at the same time investigating the complaint which has been filed by the Indian Embassy.

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Domestic service hire to cost sum of KD 990 – Rates fixed

April 4, 20180 Comments

Anyone looking to hire the services of a domestic worker through one of the government-accredited offices interspersed throughout the country will now have to a pay a total sum of KD 990 ($3,267).

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Term ‘domestic workers’ instead of calling them ‘housemaids.’

November 28, 20170 Comments

Kuwait Society for Human Rights is baffled by the inhumane terms being used to refer to expatriates in the country, such as ‘servants’ and ‘housemaids;’ indicating these are derogatory terms and the international human rights organizations uses the term ‘domestic workers’ instead of calling them ‘housemaids.’

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Grace period to set price for hiring domestic workers ends

November 15, 20170 Comments

The grace period within which the offices for domestic workers are expected to hand over sealed envelopes of their quotations to the committee formed by Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalid Al-Rawdan to set the price for hiring domestic workers from outside Kuwait ended Monday, reports Al-Rai daily.

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Only ‘six’ agencies named to hire Indian housemaids and should not exceed 400 KD

September 6, 20170 Comments

The head of the Federation of Home Employment Offices, Fadhel Ashkanani, said the offices will begin recruiting Indian maids following a decision by the government of India to do away with the $2,500 bank guarantee that was needed to be deposited with the Indian Embassy for the recruitment of Indian female domestic workers for Kuwait.

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Medical test each time on renewal of residency

November 8, 20160 Comments

Subsequent to the recent decision requiring domestic workers to undergo medical test each time they renew their residency, the Expatriate Workers Medical Service Center has been witness to a large number of visitors.

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Dozen arrested

November 6, 20160 Comments

Residency detectives raided a fake domestic help office in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh, where 12 residency violators and absconders were arrested with a large number of fake receipts and stamps.

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2,048 maids deported

November 4, 20160 Comments

More than 2,000 domestic workers were deported following their arrest in crackdowns against domestic help offices carried out in the past 10 months, an Interior Ministry official announced yesterday.

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Dead maid found hanged in bathroom

September 23, 20160 Comments

The dead maid found hanged in bathroom in Firdous area, the investigations are going on by concern departments.

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No Maids to Kuwait

September 7, 20160 Comments

Indonesian Manpower Minister M. Hanif Dhakiri was quoted as saying the Indonesian government is not in favor of sending domestic workers to Kuwait.

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