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Labour Law › Employment Contracts

Article 33: Subcontracting Provisions

In force

In simple words

If a company gives part of its work to a subcontractor, the subcontractor must treat its own workers and the main company’s workers equally. Both companies are responsible together.

Example

Subcontracted cleaner without the same allowance

Situation

Sunil works for a cleaning subcontractor at a mall. The mall company’s own cleaners get a food allowance, but he doesn’t.

What the law says

The subcontractor must treat its own workers and the main company’s workers equally in rights, and both companies are jointly responsible.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 33
If the employer subcontracts work or any part of the work to another employer under the same work conditions, the employer to whom the work is assigned shall treat his labourers and those of the main employer equally in all their rights and dues. The two employers shall jointly work together in this respect.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 33 (Subcontracting Provisions), 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.