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Labour Law › Final Provisions

Article 146: Filing Procedure

In force

In simple words

To start a labour case, you first file a complaint at the Labour Department. It calls both sides to try to settle. If that fails, it sends the case to court within one month.

Example

How to file a labour complaint

Situation

Maria’s employer refuses to pay her indemnity.

What the law says

She files a complaint at the Labour Relations Department of the Public Authority for Manpower. It calls both sides to try to settle. If that fails, it sends the case to court within one month, and the court sets a hearing within 3 days of receiving it (Article 147).

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 146
A case should be preceded by an application to be filed by the labourer or his beneficiaries to the competent labour department which shall summon the dispute parties or their representatives to appear. If the department could not reach an amicable settlement, it shall refer the case, within one month from the case submission date, to the Court of First Instance to decide on it. The referral shall be made by a memorandum comprising a summary of the dispute, pleadings of both parties and comments of the department.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 146 (Filing Procedure), 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.