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Labour Law › Leaves

Article 75: Educational Leave

In force

In simple words

Your employer may give you paid study leave to get a higher qualification related to your job. Afterwards you must work for the employer for the same length of time (up to 5 years); if you leave early, you must repay part of the salary you received, in proportion.

Example

Leaving after paid study leave

Situation

Lina (KD 600 a month) gets 1 year of paid study leave for a master’s degree, then resigns 6 months after returning.

What the law says

She had to work 1 year after the leave. With 6 months (half) remaining, she must repay half the salary she received: 12 × 600 = 7,200 ÷ 2 = KD 3,600.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 75
The employer may give the labourer a paid leave for education in order to obtain a higher qualification in the field of his work, provided that the labourer shall be obliged to work for the employer for a period equal to the education leave period which shall not exceed five (5) years. If the labourer is in breach of this condition, he shall be obliged to reimburse the salaries received by him during the leave period in proportion to the remaining period to be spent by the labourer in the work.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 75 (Educational Leave), 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.