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Article 86: Health Hazards Protection
In forceIn simple words
Your employer must protect you from health hazards and work-related diseases. The Ministry of Health sets the detailed rules, including lists of dangerous materials and safe limits.
Official text of Article 86
The employer shall take the necessary precautionary measures for protecting workers against health hazards and occupational diseases resulting from the practice of such. The Minister of Health shall issue the decisions organizing these precautionary measures, occupational diseases schedules, professions, and industries that cause such diseases, schedules of harmful materials, and the permissible concentrates for such materials.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 86 (Health Hazards Protection), 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.