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Labour Law › Wages

Article 55: Wages Definition

In force

In simple words

Your “wage” includes your basic salary plus everything regularly paid under your contract or company rules, such as allowances, commissions, bonuses and grants. This full amount is used when calculating your rights. The government’s social and children’s allowances for Kuwaitis are not included.

Example

Are allowances part of salary?

Situation

Ahmed gets KD 250 basic, KD 60 housing and KD 20 transport every month. The company calculates his indemnity on KD 250 only.

What the law says

Allowances paid regularly are part of the wage. His indemnity must be calculated on KD 330, not KD 250.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 55
The word wage denotes the basic salary received or should be received by the worker against or because of his work in addition to all the elements stipulated in the contract or employer's rules & regulations. Without prejudice to the social allowance and children allowance prescribed according to the above-mentioned Law No. (19) of 2000, the allowances, remunerations, commissions, grants, donations or cash privileges received by the labourer periodically shall be included within the calculation of the wage.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 55 (Wages Definition), 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.