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Article 11: Segregation and Preferential Treatment
In forceIn simple words
The authorities must treat all employers equally when issuing work permits and transfers. They can stop permits and transfers for everyone for up to two weeks a year, but they cannot pick and choose which employers to stop.
Official text of Article 11
Both the Ministry and the competent authority shall be banned to exercise any segregation or preferential treatment while dealing with employers concerning the issuance of labour permits or transfers, for instance by issuing these permits to some employers and refusing this to other employers under any reasons or excuses. The Ministry shall have the right, for regulatory reasons, to cease the issuance of labour permits and transfers for a maximum period of two weeks per year. However, the Ministry may not exclude certain employers of ceasing regulations and leave others during this period. Any act deemed in contradiction to this provision shall be entirely void.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 11 (Segregation and Preferential Treatment), Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm, Issue No. 963 (2010). Checked October 2026.
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General information, not legal advice. The Arabic text of the law is the official version (Article 29). For your case, contact the Public Authority for Manpower or a lawyer.