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Article 134: Inspection Rights

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In simple words

Labour inspectors can enter workplaces during working hours, check records, ask for information, take samples, visit worker housing, ask the police for help, and report violations to the court.

Official text of Article 134
The employees referred to in the previous Article shall have the right to enter workplaces during the firm's official working hours, and to have access to all books & records, and to request such data & information related to manpower affairs. Also, they shall have the right in this connection to check and take samples of the circulated materials for analysis purposes; and they shall further be entitled to enter such places allocated by employers for labour services purposes, and they may seek the assistance of the public force for the execution of the functions of their tasks. Moreover, those employees shall have the right to prepare minutes on the contraventions committed by employers and to grant them the necessary period for rectifying the relevant contravention, and to refer the prepared minutes on such contraventions to the competent court so as to impose the punishment provided for in this law.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 134 (Inspection Rights), 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.