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Labour Law › Employment Contracts

Article 34: Remote Work Conditions

In force

In simple words

Employers working on government projects or in remote areas must give their workers free suitable housing and transport, or a housing allowance if they don’t provide housing.

Example

No housing on a remote project

Situation

Hassan works on a government road project in the desert, and the company provides no accommodation.

What the law says

For government projects and remote areas, the employer must provide free suitable housing and transport, or pay a housing allowance.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 34
The employer who signs a contract for the implementation of a government project or employs his labourers in remote areas, he shall provide a suitable accommodation and means of transport for his labourers free of charge. In the event of not providing them accommodation, he shall give them a suitable housing allowance. Remote areas and suitable accommodation conditions as well as the housing allowance shall be determined by a decision from the Minister. In all other cases in which the employer shall be obliged to provide accommodation for his labourers, he shall be subject to the provisions of the decision provided for in the previous paragraph regarding the conditions of suitable accommodation and fixing the housing allowance.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 34 (Remote Work Conditions), 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.