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Article 7: Employment Conditions
In forceIn simple words
The Minister makes the detailed rules on transferring to a new employer, part-time work with a second employer, government employees working extra jobs after hours, and jobs that require a skills test first.
Official text of Article 7
The competent Minister shall issue the decisions organizing the conditions of employment in the Private Sector, especially the following conditions:
1- Conditions for labour force transfer from one employer to another.
2- Conditions for allowing labourers to work as part-timers with one employer to another employer.
3- The data which the employers shall provide to the Ministry in respect of the government employees who are duly licensed to work for other employers after the official working hours.
4- Some occupations, professions and works which shall be filled only after passing the relevant professional tests as per the rules and regulations to be set forth by the Ministry in coordination with the competent authorities.
1- Conditions for labour force transfer from one employer to another.
2- Conditions for allowing labourers to work as part-timers with one employer to another employer.
3- The data which the employers shall provide to the Ministry in respect of the government employees who are duly licensed to work for other employers after the official working hours.
4- Some occupations, professions and works which shall be filled only after passing the relevant professional tests as per the rules and regulations to be set forth by the Ministry in coordination with the competent authorities.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 7 (Employment 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.