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Kuwait Labour Law

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Labour Law › Working Hours, Rest Days & Holidays

Article 67: Weekly Off Days

In force

In simple words

You get one paid day off a week (24 hours in a row) after every 6 working days. If you have to work on your day off, you get at least 50% extra pay plus another day off. Your daily wage is calculated by dividing your monthly salary by the number of working days (usually 26).

New rule

Ministerial Resolution No. 15 of 2025 · 1 November 2025

Weekly rest days and holidays must now be registered on the Public Authority for Manpower’s electronic platform.

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Example

Working on the weekly day off

Situation

Hassan (260 KD a month, daily wage 10 KD) is asked to work on his Friday off.

What the law says

He must be paid at least 50% extra, so 10 + 5 = 15 KD for that day, and he gets another day off in exchange.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 67
The labourer shall have the right to one fully paid weekly off day which shall be fixed by 24 continuous hours after every six worked days. An employer, when necessary, may make a labourer work during his weekly off day if the work conditions so require. The labourer shall receive at least 50% of his salary in addition to the original salary. Also, he shall be compensated another day for his off day. The provision of the previous paragraph shall not affect the calculation of the labourer's dues including his daily wage and leaves where these dues shall be calculated by dividing his salary into the number of the actual working days without calculating therein his weekly off days, although the off days are paid days.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 67 (Weekly Off Days), 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.