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Labour Law › Work Injuries & Compensation

Article 93: Salary During Treatment

In force

In simple words

If you are injured at work or get a work-related disease, you receive full salary during the treatment period set by the doctor. If treatment lasts more than 6 months, you receive half salary until you recover, are declared disabled, or die.

Example

Salary during a long injury

Situation

Hassan (KD 300 a month) can’t work for 8 months because of a work injury.

What the law says

He gets full salary for the first 6 months (KD 300), then half salary (KD 150) from the 7th month until he recovers.

Names are made up for illustration.

Official text of Article 93
A labourer who suffers a work injury or occupational disease shall be entitled to receive his wage for the entire treatment period fixed by the medical doctor. If the treatment period exceeds six months, he shall be entitled only to half the wage until his recovery or proven disability or death.
Reference & sources

Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 93 (Salary During Treatment), 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.