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Article 117: Levels of Collective Contracts
In forceIn simple words
Collective contracts can be made for one company, a whole industry or the whole country. An industry-wide contract updates company contracts, and a national contract updates both.
Official text of Article 117
A collective employment contract may be concluded at the level of the enterprise, industry or at the national level. If the collective employment contract is concluded at the level of the industry, then it should be signed on behalf of the labourers by the federation of such industry's trade unions. If it is concluded at the national level, then it should be signed by the general federation of labourers. The concluded contract at the industry's level shall be considered as an amendment to the contract signed at the enterprise's level, and the contract signed at the national level shall be deemed as an amendment to any of the other two contracts, within the limits of the common provisions stipulated therein.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 117 (Levels of Collective Contracts), 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.