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Labour Law › Wages

Article 58: Written Consent for Salary Transfer

In force

In simple words

If you are monthly-paid, your employer cannot change you to daily, weekly or piece-rate pay without your written consent, and you keep the rights you earned.

Example

Switched to daily pay

Situation

During a slow season, the company wants to change Joseph from monthly salary to daily pay.

What the law says

This needs his written consent, and he keeps all the rights he earned as a monthly-paid worker.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 58
The employer shall not transfer a labourer who works for a monthly salary to another class without securing the labourer's written consent and without prejudice to the rights obtained by the labourer during his work under the monthly salary.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 58 (Written Consent for Salary Transfer), 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.