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Labour Law › Leaves

Article 70: Paid Annual Leaves

Amended

In simple words

You get 30 days of paid annual leave each year. Since the 2017 amendment you can take leave in your first year after 6 months of service (it used to be 9). Weekly days off, public holidays and sick days that fall during your leave don’t count as leave days. Leave for part of a year is given in proportion.

Amended

Law No. 85 of 2017 · 9 July 2017

Article 70 was replaced. Annual leave stays at 30 days paid, but a new worker can take leave in the first year after 6 months of service (the 2010 text said 9 months). Weekly rest days, official holidays and sick-leave days that fall inside the leave are not counted as annual leave.

Source ↗

Proposal · not in force

Draft amendment (not in force) · Reported

Local reports mention a draft proposal to raise private-sector annual leave from 30 to 35 days. It has not become law. Until it is published in the Official Gazette, 30 days applies.

Example

Annual leave in the first year

Situation

Aisha joined on 1 January 2026 and wants leave in July 2026.

What the law says

Since the 2017 amendment she can take leave after 6 months of service. Leave builds up at 30 days a year (about 2.5 days per month), so after 6 months she has about 15 days. Fridays, official holidays and sick days during her leave don’t count against it.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 70 (2010)

This is the original 2010 wording. Where it differs from the amendment above, the amendment applies.

The labourer shall have the right to a paid annual leave of thirty days. However, a labourer shall be entitled to a leave for the first year only after the completion of at least nine months in the service of his employer. Official holidays and sick leave days penetrating the leave shall not be counted in the annual leave. The labourer shall have the right to leave for the fractions of the year in proportion to the period spent in work, even if during the first year of service.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 70 (Paid Annual Leaves), 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.