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Article 60: Forcing Workers to Purchase Goods
In forceIn simple words
Your employer cannot force you to buy food or goods from a particular shop or to buy the company’s own products.
Example
Forced to buy food from the company
SituationA company makes workers eat at its canteen and deducts the cost from their salaries.
What the law saysWorkers cannot be forced to buy food or goods from a particular place or from the employer.
Names are made up for illustration.
Official text of Article 60
The labourers shall not be obliged to buy any foodstuff or commodities from certain shops or to buy from the employer's products.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 60 (Forcing Workers to Purchase Goods), 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.